‘The Boy from the Sea is Garrett Carr’s brilliantly moving tale of an abandoned baby who rocks a small Irish town, bringing together a community – and igniting lifelong rivalries.‘(Publisher Quote) [ About The Boy from the Sea ] In 1973 on the west coast of Ireland, a baby is found abandoned on the beach. Who…
‘The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny is the sweeping tale of two young people navigating the many forces that shape their lives: country, class, race, history, and the complicated bonds that link one generation to the next.‘ [ About The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai ] When Sonia and Sunny first glimpse each…
Audie Award Nominee, Best Solo Narration, 2013 [ About Being There ] Jerzy Kosinski’s clever parable of a naive man thrust into the modern world is more pointed now than ever. Academy Award winner Dustin Hoffman (Rain Man, The Graduate), perhaps best known for his portrayals of vulnerable characters and antiheroes, gives an understated and…
What do you do when you’ve ruined your life? You go home to your mother, if you’re lucky enough still to have one. Saoirse Maher wouldn’t recommend it. – Sugartown [ About Sugartown ] Leaving home wasn’t supposed to be temporary. When she moved to London, Saoirse was leaving Ireland behind for good, and with it…
‘A leading food and travel journalist depicts and predicts the good, the bad, and the ugly about the future of travel — and how we can transcend the complications of climate change, AI, and touristification . . .‘– The Future of Travel [ About The Future of Travel ] Travel is easier, more accessible, and more tempting…
[ About There Came A-Tapping ] Since losing her parents in a car crash as a teen, Allie has struggled to cope. Meeting Rory finally made things easier. She’s come to rely on him for almost everything, so when he disappears while filming a documentary in the West of Ireland, she fears she’ll come undone.…
‘We left home on my baby’s first birthday. I hadn’t known when I packed his diaper bag that morning that it would never feel safe to go back.’ [ About Ring of Salt ] On her son’s first birthday, Betsy Cornwell fled her home, checking into a hotel under a false name so her husband…
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for FictionThe Sunday Times BestsellerWinner of the National Book Award for FictionWinner of the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in FictionShortlisted for the Booker PrizeShortlisted for the Dublin Literary AwardFinalist for the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction [ About James ] The Mississippi River, 1861. When the enslaved Jim overhears that he…
‘ The return of cold case detective, Karen Pirie’– Silent Bones [ About the Book ] The truth is buried just beneath the surface . . . When torrential rain causes a landslide on a motorway in Scotland, it reveals a crime scene: someone hid a body in the tarmac eleven years before. Journalist Sam…
‘It’s Christmas. A book club meeting ends in a triple murder. A demon is posing as Santa. It can only mean one thing…The Stranger Times are back.’ [ About the Book ] It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas… For most people, that means a time of celebration, relaxation and inebriation, but not for…