Country Girl is the memoir of Edna O'Brien.

The title refers to her debut novel The Country Girls, which was banned, burned and denounced upon publication.

Country Girl's cover is a reprint of the photograph used for O'Brien's 1965 novel August Is a Wicked Month.

[1] The Observer said the book "reveal[s] a brave, beautiful and sometimes helpless woman on her journey from repression to creative freedom.

"[2] It won in the Irish Non-Fiction Book category at the 2012 Irish Book Awards.