Oct 13, 2026 · 52 min · 11 segments
In this episode, Éilis talks to Caitríona Lally about her Rooney Prize-winning debut novel ‘Eggshells’ , second novel ‘Wunderland’ and her recently published memoir ‘Home Economics’ which charts her…
Caitríona LallyGuest
Éilís Ní DhuibhneHostIt's, I think it's just genius to write with such care and detail about cleaning or about work.
And there's, there's a lot more threaded through Home Economics, um, uh, the, the, you know, the, the nitty, the nitty-gritty of-
the job, and the colleagues, and the humor, and everything that's attached to it, and the community feeling, and, uh, and so on.
But it's, it's quite rare, isn't it, to get descriptions of actual work, you know, jobs of any kind in fiction? I know this isn't fiction now, but, um, you, I think it, you have an extraordinary confidence to just do that, and it's so...
So, um, yeah, why, why, wh- wh- well, it's your job, and you li- you like that job.
You know, what inspired you to, to write about it in this level of detail?
I think, I suppose, the, the main kind of premise of this is the trying to write a second novel.
So I suppose that's, it's kind of trying to, trying to be a writer, trying to make-
It's, I think it's just genius to write with such care and detail about cleaning or about work.
And there's, there's a lot more threaded through Home Economics, um, uh, the, the, you know, the, the nitty, the nitty-gritty of-
the job, and the colleagues, and the humor, and everything that's attached to it, and the community feeling, and, uh, and so on.
But it's, it's quite rare, isn't it, to get descriptions of actual work, you know, jobs of any kind in fiction? I know this isn't fiction now, but, um, you, I think it, you have an extraordinary confidence to just do that, and it's so...
So, um, yeah, why, why, wh- wh- well, it's your job, and you li- you like that job.
You know, what inspired you to, to write about it in this level of detail?
I think, I suppose, the, the main kind of premise of this is the trying to write a second novel.
So I suppose that's, it's kind of trying to, trying to be a writer, trying to make-
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