Title:
The bone people
Author:
Keri Hulme
Genre:
Fiction
Publisher:
Penguin Group USA
Release Date:
1988
Pages:
450
The Bone People was one of the books that I considered picking for my last, pre-New Zealand, bookclub. Instead, due to the lack of Kiwi books available in Irish bookshops, we ended up with The Colour. Rose Tremain’s novel wasn’t bad – particularly in its evocation of the landscape and weather of New Zealand – but, having read
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Title:
Unwrapped: Green and Black's Chocolate Recipes
Author:
edited by Caroline Jeremy
Genre:
Cookery
Since I first saw this in our local Oxfam shop in Dublin I’ve been having lustful thoughts about it. Green & Black produce fabulous organic Fair Trade chocolate – their spice/orange Maya Gold bar heading the list of my all time favourite chocolates – and the photos that I saw on a brief browse through the book were mouth-watering
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Title:
This Model Life
Author:
Andrew O'Connor
Genre:
Dublin (Ireland)
Publisher:
Poolbeg Press
Release Date:
2005-01-01
Pages:
663
This book was given to me as I work in the world of Irish PR, not quite as glitzy as the one portrayed in this book, but familiar nonetheless. Otherwise I have to confess to being somewhat of a chick-lit snob. I was, however, intrigued to see what an Irish chick-lit novel written by a man would be like.
I was pleasantly surprised that I found it quite
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