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January 10, 2012

Two for Joy by Patricia Scanlan

Filed under: Book Reviews,Chick-Lit,Irish — The Techie @ 12:55 pm
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Title: Two for Joy Author: Patricia Scanlan Genre: Women Publisher: Random House Release Date: Apr 1 2007 Pages: 623

Heather is a country girl, who doesn’t think there’s anything wrong with being a country girl, her glamorous cousin thinks that living anywhere other than Dublin is a mortal sin, so therefore good natured Heather is dragged off to Dublin where slowly but surely things start to go wrong.

Noreen returned home from London to nurse her mother

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Waking Up In Dublin: A Musical Tour of the Celtic Capital by Neil Hegarty

Filed under: Book Reviews,Irish,Music — The Historian @ 12:55 pm
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Title: Waking Up In Dublin: A Musical Tour of the Celtic Capital by Author: Neil Hegarty Genre: Music Publisher: Bobcat Books

There are some guide books that talk down to you, others that sneer at the place you’re choosing to visit – and then there are the ones that make you feel like you’re being shown around by an interesting and knowledgeable friend. ‘Waking Up In Dublin: A Musical Tour of the Celtic Capital’ by Neil Hegarty can be placed

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The Windbreaker Season by Terri O’Mahony

Filed under: Book Reviews,Chick-Lit,Irish — The Techie @ 12:55 pm
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Title: The Windbreaker Season Author: Terri O'Mahony Genre: Alcoholism Publisher: Poolbeg Press Release Date: Jan 1 2004 Pages: 479

Seaman’s Point looks like heaven to any city dweller but to Eva Fitzgerald, who has spent the last four weeks there with two small children, it is a prison without bars. As her husband’s absences increase, due to the glamorous Sylvia, Eva’s drinking does too. When Eva discovers she’s pregnant it’s the last thing she

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What She Wants by Cathy Kelly

Filed under: Book Reviews,Chick-Lit,Irish — The Techie @ 12:55 pm
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Title: What She Wants Author: Cathy Kelly Genre: Chick-Lit, Irish Publisher: Harper Pages: 732

Four women with four very different lives but all facing huge life changing decisions – how will they cope?

Hope is the working mum, who carries around a continuing burden of guilt that nothing she does is right. Her husband Marc isn’t happy, her two kids are being raised by a close relation of Hitler’s, who runs the local crèche

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This is the Country by William Wall

Filed under: Book Reviews,General Fiction,Irish — The Writer @ 12:55 pm
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Title: This is the Country Author: William Wall Genre: Children of single parents Release Date: Jan 1 2005 Pages: 272

This is the story of a Cork northsider, a Norrie, who spends his teenage years whacked out everything from class A drugs to prescription pain killers. The son of a single, alcoholic mother, he doesn’t know who his father is. His best friend and partner-in-crime Max is dead, but not from the inevitable overdose. Desperate to lose his virginity

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Time in a Bottle by Denise Deegan

Filed under: Book Reviews,Chick-Lit,Irish — The Techie @ 12:55 pm
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Title: Time in a Bottle Author: Denise Deegan Genre: Relationships Release Date: 2004-05 Pages: 351

Jennifer is a single mother. Once upon a time she had a high-flying career, monthly highlights and contact lenses. Now her life revolves around her little boy Charlie, all she has in her life is Charlie and that’s all she needs. When he starts school, like any mother, Jennifer is torn – worrying about him while he is gone and at a complete

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Time Tracks by Michael Cronin

Filed under: Book Reviews,Irish — The Artist @ 12:55 pm
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Title: Time Tracks Author: Michael Cronin Genre: Ireland Publisher: New Island Books Release Date: Jan 1 2003 Pages: 151

Read in the week I left the shores of the Emerald Isle Michael Cronin’s new book, Time Tracks, makes for a poignant and gloriously funny mediation on Irish life.

Cronin’s world is not the ‘sell it to the tourists and Diaspora’ world of begora and begosh, thatched cottages and dancing at the crossroads. No it is filled with the wonderful little

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‘Tis Herself: A Memoir’ by Maureen O’Hara

Filed under: Book Reviews,Irish,Biography — The Historian @ 12:55 pm
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Title: 'Tis Herself Author: Maureen O'Hara, John Nicoletti, Genre: Biography & Autobiography Publisher: Simon and Schuster Release Date: Mar 1 2005 Pages: 336

The Hollywood star traces her career and personal life, discussing such topics as her relationships with fellow actors, her marriage to plane crash victim Charles F. Blair, and her work on specific causes.

Maureen O’Hara recently received a life time achievement award at the Irish film and television awards. While she will always be remembered

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Travelling Light edited by Sarah Webb

Filed under: Book Reviews,Chick-Lit,Irish — The Techie @ 12:55 pm
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Title: Travelling Light Author: Sarah Webb Genre: Chick Lit Publisher: Pan Macmillan Release Date: Jul 1 2005 Pages: 335

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 Tea House on Mulberry Street by Sharon Owens

Filed under: Book Reviews,Chick-Lit,Irish — The Techie @ 12:55 pm
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Title: The Tea House on Mulberry Street Author: Sharon Owens Genre: Chick-Lit, Irish Publisher: Poolbeg Press Ltd

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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