The Grass Ceiling
On Being a Woman in Sport
Penguin Sandycove (2023)
Winner: Sports Book of the Year at the An Post Irish Book Awards
Reviews: Irish Examiner | Irish Times | What’s the Story?
Interviews: The42.ie | Irish Examiner | Irish Independent | RTE’s The Ray D’Arcy Show | Second Captains | Today FM’s The Last Word
‘It would be wrong to define this simply as a book about a woman’s experience in sport. The themes are universal for anyone who has ever kicked a point, pucked a ball or stepped into the sporting arena. It burns with a passion that we rarely see women given the opportunity to write about’ KATHLEEN McNAMEE
‘Part David Foster Wallace, part Olivia Laing, part Ian Maleney. A wonderful book for women and girls, but absolutely necessary for men and boys’ TADHG COAKLEY
‘Brilliant . . . Ryan’s bold and deep search into so many of those internalized questions provides a fascinating collage of emotional detail’ CHRISTY O’CONNOR