Bibliofemme Bookclub An Irish Bookclub

Tressa is a New York food writer in her late thirties. Just home from her honeymoon, after marrying the gorgeous Dan, she already doubts their marriage. Convinced that she married Dan because she was terrified of being left on the shelf, Tressa wonders if she has made a terrible mistake.

Bernardine was Tressa’s grandmother. Born in Ireland in

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Aileen has been running her B&B in Galway for the past 20 years, addicted to foreign shows about relocating she now decides the time has come to make some changes – but how can she convince her stuck in the rut husband Joe and her under-achieving punk son!

Shona is a 36 year old career orientated success story, but in one weekend her life

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Orla had a fantastic job. She was an interior designer and high flying was her speciality. One day she decided to set up her own business but, unfortunately for Orla, she never really thought about everything that went into running a company and within months she had to shut it down.

Back to waitressing part-time, doing up her parents’ old home

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When Maeve Binchy published Scarlet Feather in 2001 we were told it was her last novel. The loss of an Irish author of Binchy’s calibre has left a gaping hole on the shelves in many bookshops around the world; a hole which countless young female Irish authors have since tried to fill, with very little success. However in August of this year

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Living the Dream is Kate Thompson’s seventh novel and sees the return of some of her favourite characters.

Cleo Dowling’s dream has just come true, she’s won the lotto. Even though she is determined not to change, everyone’s attitude towards her does change, so Cleo takes off to a small village in the west of Ireland

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