In reviewing Sheila O'Hagan's first collection, The Peacock's Eye, David McDuff (Stand Magazine) writes of her "... striking vivid insights into the present moment, insights that are often underlaid by a sense of life's constant ability to extend beyond the present in the direction of its beginning and its end." The Troubled House shows how O'Hagan has developed this insight with masterly touch. She unveils the many aspects, the many voices of human emotion, the difficulties of remaining oneself while, in the words of Ceslaw Milosz, "Invisible guests come in and go out at will". The Troubled House presents us with a mature voice, a voice that echoes within the heart; calling us to ourselves.

About the Author

Sheila O'Hagan began writing poetry in 1984 while studying at Birkbeck College, London University. In 1988 she won the Goldsmith Award for Poetry, and in 1990 returned to live in Dublin. Since then she has three times been awarded prizes at Writers' Week in Listowel. In 1991 she won the Patrick Kavanagh Award for a First Manuscript of Poetry and in 1992 the Hennessy/Sunday Tribune Award for New Irish Poet of the year. She has been widely published in Ireland, the UK, America, Canada and Australia. Her first collection, The Peacock's Eye, was published in June 1992 (Salmon).

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