A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing the BBC Radio 4 Book Club will feature the novel in early 2018. In 2014, the novel was adapted for the stage by Annie Ryan. Initially appearing at the Corn Exchange, Dublin, the production later appeared at the Young Vic in London, the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh, and the Baryshnikov Arts Center in New York. The audiobook of the novel, read by the author, was released in 2014. A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing is the debut novel of Eimear McBride. This stream of consciousness novel explores an Irish girl's relationship with her disabled
A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing by numerous companies. The book was eventually first published in 2013, with an initial print run of 1000 copies, by Galley Beggar Press of Norwich, England. Mr Layte, of Galley Beggar Press recalled that the unusual writing-style led him to take up the novel where others had overlooked it:I thought this was one of the most important books I had ever read. It had the same effect on me as when I first read Samuel Beckett. It was a game-changer as far as what could be done.In 2014, rights for a trade paperback were sold to publishers Faber and Faber.