RTÉ Radio 1’s Book on One title for the next fortnight is The Iron Age by Arja Kajermo, published by Tramp Press, and read for Book On One by Ali White. Listen to the first installment above...
Told with wit and dark humour from the point of view of a young Finnish girl, it relates the story of her life and family in mid-twentieth century Finland. While the girl’s world is geographically limited, universal experiences are all present and deeply felt in this book: poverty, misfortune, family tensions and relations, Christmas time, schooling, as well as resilience and resourcefulness.
The Iron Age started out as a short story which was short listed for the prestigious Davy Byrnes Award and was subsequently developed into an acclaimed novel published by Tramp Press in 2017.
The Book on One, RTÉ Radio 1, nightly from Monday-Friday at 11.20pm - listen to more from The Book on One here.
