Blogs in August 2018

The Angelica Touch 18th August 2018

Angelica, 14, has reached three conclusions. Firstly, her mother Molly, who manages a rundown Victorian hotel perched on the wild Drisogue peninsula in Donegal, is desperately lonely. (She’s not.) Secondly, it’s entirely her fault that Molly is still single....

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From A Low And Quiet Sea 28th July 2018

LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2018 For Farouk, family is all. He has protected his wife and daughter as best he can from the war and hatred that has torn Syria apart. If they stay, they will lose...

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Normal People 28th July 2018

LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2018 Connell and Marianne grow up in the same small town in rural Ireland. The similarities end there; they are from very different worlds. When they both earn places at Trinity College in...

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Toward the Sea of Freedom 13th July 2018

Part one of a trilogy charting a love story that sees two Irish young people both end up in the new young country of New Zealand. In mid-nineteenth-century Ireland, charming Kathleen and dashing Michael harbor secrets and dreams. Imagining...

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No Filter 30th June 2018

Emerald has grown up in a privileged world – the beloved daughter of a wealthy family, friends with all the right people, social media addict. But Emerald’s family has secrets – and when Emerald finds her mum unconscious on...

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