The Tip of My Tongue

A retelling of the Mabinogi, in The Tip of My Tongue, Trezza Azzopardi transforms a medieval heroine who won’t be silenced into a brave 1970’s girl from downtown Splott in Cardiff, who, no matter how difficult things are, always seems to get the last word.

Enid wants a dog and wants to be a spy, but listening in on adult conversations doesn’t seem to bring her any nearer to understanding their troubled world. For all that, when times get tough and she has to stay with the Erbins, particularly her rich and spoilt cousin Geraint, she has plenty of verbal ammunition to help her fight her corner.

The original Enid defends her misguided husband by warning him of approaching villains, even though he has forbidden her to speak. Trezza Azzopardi’s young Enid is also unlikely to respect a gagging order.