Wardrobe Department

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A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST DEBUT OF 2025

MairA (c)ad works all hours in a run-down West End theatre's wardrobe department, her whole existence made up of threads and needles, running errands to mend shoes, fixing broken zips and handwashing underwear. She must also do her best to avoid groping hands backstage and the terrible bullying of the show's producer.

But, despite her skill and growing experience, half of MairA (c)ad remains in her windy, hedge-filled home in Ireland, and the life she abandoned there. In noughties London, she has the potential to be somebody completely new - why, then, does she feel so stuck? Between the bustling side streets of Soho, and the wet grass of Leitrim and Donegal, MairA (c)ad is caught, running from the girl she was but unable to reveal the woman she'd hoped to become.

Told with rare honesty and equal measures of warmth and bite, The Wardrobe Department is a story about reckoning with the past, finding the courage to change the present - and asking what comes next.

Book details and technical specifications

Format: Paperback / softback
ISBN13: 9781837260195
Published: February 2025

Number of pages: 240
Width: 140 mm
Height: 220 mm
Depth: 18 mm

Publisher: Canongate Books