Bibliofemme Bookclub An Irish Bookclub

A number of female Irish authors came together to contribute to Travelling Light, a book of short stories on the theme of travelling, with the proceeds of its sale going towards the upkeep of a new children’s ward at Kisiizi Hospital in Uganda.

The stories range from absolutely hilarious – journalist Martina Devlin tracks down the perfect

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The saying goes that there are two sides to every story, but in The Affair there are three: those of the wife, the husband and the mistress.

Kathy and Robert have been married for eighteen years and have three children. Robert is spending more and more time at the office, working in his production company building the business – or so Kathy

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Penny Stanley has been married to Daniel for seventeen years and their marriage is falling apart. So too is their shabby tea house on Mulberry Street and Penny is slowly dying inside. Cheapskate Daniel is completely oblivious to his wife’s unhappiness and is determined to save every penny he can in case his life ever returns to the horrible

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Kitty Kennedy is divorced twice. Well, technically speaking that’s one annulment and one divorce – but she’s just in her early 30s. With two failed marriages behind her, Kitty has decided that some women are just not meant to live with a man. Inspired by New Year’s Eve Kitty decides that her resolution will be to become a

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The Tenko Club is made up of four women, Freddie the tall straight shooting American, Tamsin the English student and born to be mother, Reagan a moody intelligent career women and Sarah the beauty who makes men swoon. The girls met at Oxford University in the 80’s and over girly chats and late nights formed the Tenko Club, vowing to always

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Three women in Dublin are going through a period of change in their lives. Bitchy, ambitious and beautiful, Lisa has been sent to Dublin to launch a brand new Irish Women’s Magazine, however as she thought her next move was to New York she feels like she is in exile and is none to happy with the alternative. On arrival she decides that her

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Keelan has left home and is living in London. On her first big night out she meets Matthew and they seem to be made for each other. Matthew is gorgeous and Keelan can’t believe that he would want to be with her so, when he decides that the relationship is over, Keelan isn’t surprised. In fact she’s just annoyed with him, so annoyed

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Tara Flynn has everything she ever dreamed of, married to her first love Gabriel Fitzgerald she in now mistress of Ballygrace House, and wants for nothing. Having grown up with very little Tara counts her blessings, but after several years of marriage there is still one thing missing, Tara and Gabriel have no children.

Biddy, Tara’s childhood

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Cleo Dowling won the lottery and is now running a bookshop in a small West of Ireland village called Kilrowan. Cleo and her gorgeous husband Pablo are definitely living the dream but all too quickly the dream becomes a nightmare when Pablo’s commission to paint a Dublin 4 princess threatens to ruin their marriage.

Pixi Pirelli is an incredibly

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