Big Bad Me


 
 
 
 BIG BAD MEFirst published in 2022 byLittle Island Books7 Kenilworth ParkDublin 6WIreland
 First published in the USA in 2023
 © Aislinn O’Loughlin 2022
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 Print ISBN: 978-1-91-507104-0
 Cover illustration by Jai McFerranDesigned and typeset by Rosa DevineProofread by Emma Dunne
 Little Island has received funding to support this bookfrom the Arts Council of Ireland.
 
 For DaveOK, yes, you were right (this time)
 Contents
 15 / years ago…
 1. Evie
 2. Still Evie
 3. Kate
 4. Evie
 5. Kate
 6. Evie
 7. Evie again
 8. Kate
 9. Evie
 10. Kate
 11. Evie
 12. Still Evie
 13. Kate
 14. Kate again
 15. Evie
 16. Still Evie
 17. Still Evie
 18. Kate
 19. Kate again
 20. Evie
 21. Kate
 22. Evie
 23. Still Evie
 24. Evie (and Kevin-ish)
 25. Still Evie
 26. Still still Evie
 27. Kate
 28. Kate again
 29. Kate again
 30. Evie
 31. Kate
 32. Evie
 33. Kate
 34. Evie
 35. Kate
 36. Evie
 37. Kate
 38. Evie
 39. Kate
 Acknowledgements
 15 ½ years ago …
 There was a smash!
 Dr Sinéad Wilder had half-convinced herself she’d dreamt it, until Katie sat up beside her.
 ‘Mommy? ’a’ go bang?’
 1. Evie
 Reader, I was born.
 That mightn’t surprise you, but I’m sure it surprised me. It certainly surprised me, fifteen and a half years later, when I