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Actress

Actress
  • Author(s): Anne Enright
  • Location(s): Dublin, Hollywood
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1970s

This is the story of Irish theatre legend Katherine O’Dell, as told by her daughter Norah. It tells of early stardom in Hollywood, of highs and lows on the stages of Dublin and London’s West End. Katherine’s life is...

Again, Rachel

Again, Rachel
  • Author(s): Marian Keyes
  • Location(s): Ireland
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): contemporary

Back in the long ago nineties, Rachel Walsh was a mess. But a spell in rehab transformed everything. Life became very good, very quickly. These days, Rachel has love, family, a great job as an addiction counsellor, she even...

All Her Fault

All Her Fault
  • Author(s): Andrea Mara
  • Location(s): Dublin
  • Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

ONE MISSING BOY. Marissa Irvine arrives at 14 Tudor Grove, expecting to pick up her young son Milo from his first playdate with a boy at his new school. But the woman who answers the door isn’t a mother...

All Our Hidden Gifts

All Our Hidden Gifts
  • Author(s): Caroline O’Donoghue
  • Location(s): Ireland
  • Genre(s): Young Adult
  • Era(s): N/A

Maeve Chambers doesn’t have much going for her. Not only does she feel like the sole idiot in a family of geniuses, she managed to drive away her best friend Lily a year ago. But when she finds a...

All the Bad Apples

All the Bad Apples
  • Author(s): Moïra Fowley-Doyle
  • Location(s): Ireland
  • Genre(s): Young Adult
  • Era(s): 20th century

On Deena’s seventeenth birthday, the day she finally comes out to her family, her wild and mysterious sister Mandy is seen leaping from a cliff. The family is heartbroken, but not surprised. The women of the Rys family have...

Among the Ruins

Among the Ruins
  • Author(s): Claire Coughlan
  • Location(s): Dublin
  • Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
  • Era(s): 1970s

The new atmospheric mystery from the author of the acclaimed Where They Lie, and a beautifully written tale about one woman’s need to find the truth, whatever the cost.  Dublin, summer 1970. Nicoletta Sarto is juggling work as the women’s editor...

An Irish Summer

An Irish Summer
  • Author(s): Alexandra Paige
  • Location(s): Galway
  • Genre(s): RomCom
  • Era(s): Contemporary

A new romantic comedy in which a young woman embarks on a summer adventure–and summer fling–in Ireland, perfect for fans of Sophie Cousens and Beth O’Leary. Boston has everything Chelsea needs: her best friend, her family, a great job....

An Irish Wish

An Irish Wish
  • Author(s): Nora Roberts
  • Location(s): Ireland
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance

Irish Rose Thorny, stubborn and strong, Erin McKinnon is as tough and beautiful as an Irish rose. Horse rancher Burke Logan is intrigued by his neighbors’ cousin when he meets her on a trip to Ireland, but Erin thinks...

Angela’s Ashes: A Memoir of a Childhood

Angela’s Ashes: A Memoir of a Childhood
  • Author(s): Frank McCourt
  • Location(s): Ireland, New York City (NYC)
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): 1930s /40s

It is a story of extreme hardship and suffering, in Brooklyn tenements and Limerick slums – too many children, too little money, his mother Angela barely coping as his father Malachy’s drinking bouts constantly brings the family to the...

Annie of Ainsworth’s Mill

Annie of Ainsworth’s Mill
  • Author(s): Katie Hutton
  • Location(s): Ireland, Cumbria
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): Victorian - Edwardian

1897: Young Annie Maguire is leaving the only home she has ever known, the family farm in County Down. Driven away by poverty and the death of Annie’s mother, she and her beloved father are looking for a place...

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