Alice Rimmer was abandoned at Netherlands Orphanage when she was little more than a baby. But unlike the rest of the orphans Alice is different from the start: she has her own personality, she is defiant and she clings to the hope that her parents
Cindy and Jack meet at a party. Good looking, successful and carefree, they fall in love and survive all the usual tests of a relationship including his ex-wife, a cross-country move. But suddenly Cindy is diagnosed with a terminal illness, placing her on
Before Nantucket became the tourist mecca of rich mansions and designer shops we know today, whaling was its main business. In 1819, with whale oil prices climbing, this small island village more than twenty miles out into the Atlantic was on
Together, these twelve short stories by Irish author Eugene McCabe form a book full of people who – for a variety of reasons – feel they’d be better off dead than living the lives they lead. Right from the start McCabe turfs the reader
Writing in the author’s note at the beginning of this republished collection, Yann Martel sets out what he tried to achieve with these writings: “A story must [also] stimulate the mind if it does not want to fade from memory
Terry Dolan, if you’ve never heard him discussing Hiberno-English on Newstalk radio, is the Associate Professor of English at University College Dublin. Affable on the radio and in person (he taught me in UCD), he’s an
Trish has a pressing problem – her husband Adrian is slowly losing his mind. Convinced he is the next James Joyce, his obsession with his writing and his novel which he is sure will win the Booker Prize are taking their toll on Trish. Bobby was deliriously
Things aren’t going well for Ella Nesbit. Due to staff shortages she’s having to man a reception desk rather than work at the sound engineering job she loves; Justin, an unbearable new trainee, is throwing his weight around, and she’s got a major
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Sometimes life is like a bad waiter – it serves you exactly what you don’t want. The women of Freesia Court have come together at life’s table, fully convinced that there is nothing good coffee, delectable desserts, and a
This edition of Good Behaviour belongs to a newly reissued catalogue of Molly Keane’s work to coincide with the centenary of her birth. The introductions to three of them – Good Behaviour, Loving and Giving and Time After Time – are written
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