Children of Eve is Deirdre Purcell’s tenth novel and is following in the wake of nine best-sellers including her most recent book, Last Summer in Arcadia. It’s a tough act to follow, yet once again I think Deirdre Purcell has a best-seller on her
When E. Annie Proulx describes Ennis Del Mar and Jack Twist as “both rough-mannered, rough-spoken, inured to the stoic life”, we’re not quite expecting what comes next. These weather-beaten men of the land meet one summer guarding sheep
Not Just For Christmas is from New Island’s Open Door series. This series features original or adapted works from well know Irish authors and is designed to open the door to reading for those who are less literate and improve their skills while enjoying
Grisham’s latest novel, The Broker, is set outside the USA. It’s only the second time Grisham has gone down this route, the first being The Testament published in 1999, which takes place in Brazil and is deemed by many to be one of Grisham’s best.
Claire is different from the other mother’s that bring their children to play school, she doesn’t like coffee mornings and endless discussions about childbirth, in fact she doesn’t have any friends. Though she would never admit it she’s
Leningrad 1941, Hitler has just declared war on Russia, the hard lives of the impoverished Metanov family are about to become impossible. Tatiana is 16 years old; she and her family live in two rooms in a communal apartment in Leningrad. She works in a factory
DI Tom Thorne is tracking a vicious contract killer. X marks the spot and each of the victims so far have the X cut deeply into their backs. Ex-DCI Carol Chamberlain has problems of her own. A case has come back to haunt her, a case where a young schoolgirl
Benedict Kiely, one of Ireland’s best-known broadcasters, storytellers and short story writers published The Captain with the Whiskers in 1960. Reissued now by Methuen, set at a specific era in Ireland’s recent history but is a story
Åsne Seierstad is a journalist. Based in Afghanistan after the fall of the Taliban, she met a bookseller called Sultan Kahn. Sultan and Åsne developed a relationship and her fascination for the Afghanistan way of life grew. Eventually Sultan agreed
(Published by New Island)
Eva Frawley was abandoned at birth, born on a desolate headland and left on the doorstep of a local farm, for weeks she was known as the Anaskeagh Baby, but like all stories this one too faded from the headlines. Growing up in a happy home
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