‘The riveting memoir by Ireland’s former State Pathologist’– Beyond the Tape [ About the Book ] In 1997, Dr Marie Cassidy arrived in Dublin from Glasgow. There to discuss a possible deputy state pathologist post with Professor John Harbison, instead she was whisked by police escort to a Grangegorman murder scene. There was no turning…
‘At the age of 22, Stephanie Davies joined a women’s peace camp outside a US military base at Greenham Common in Newbury, a life-changing experience that is at the heart of Other Girls Like Me‘ Today I am sharing an extract from a book, a coming of age memoir, that is receiving wonderful acclaim from many…
‘The metal door of Cell 5 clanged heavily behind me. I realised I was in someone else’s space as I eyed the resident prisoner for the first time. In effect, I had just moved into his bedsit. It was 1 March 1981’– The Skelper and Me [ About the Book ] From a young age,…
‘I did not sit down at all, nor consider a destination. I just obeyed the pictures as they came. The questions. The fleeting moments. The present into the past. The present because of the past and back again with a few human, mad-gene detours along the way ‘– Andrea Corr, Barefoot Pilgrimage Andrea Corr, member…
Some books have a special magic that just grab you very unexpectedly. Shooting and Cutting : A Survivor’s Guide to Filmmaking and Other Diseases by Stephen Bradley is one such read. In 2016 Stephen Bradley was diagnosed with stage IV cancer. As a film director, scriptwriter and producer, Stephen Bradley was used to working on…
Medicine has limits.Human kindness does not. [ About the Book ] Arriving in the small village of Killenaule, Co. Tipperary – husband and children in tow – Dr Lucia Gannon was a blow-in determined to build a practice that would provide solace for the sick, worried and confused. Journey with her as she builds a…
Selected as a book of the year in THE TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES, GUARDIAN, NEW YORK TIMES, THE ECONOMIST, NEW STATESMAN, VOGUE, IRISH TIMES, IRISH EXAMINER and RED MAGAZINE AMAZON.COM’s BEST BOOK OF THE YEARShortlisted for the 2018 BAMB Readers’ AwardsRecommended as a summer read by Barack Obama, Antony Beevor, India Knight, Blake Morrison and Nina Stibbe As a lover of books, I am part of many Facebook…
‘Let’s invite one another in. Maybe then we can begin to fear less, to make fewer wrong assumptions, to let go of the biases and stereotypes that unnecessarily divide us’ Becoming by Michelle Obama is ‘an intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir by the former First Lady of the United States.’ Published on the 13th November…
Today I have a review of a book that evoked some wonderful memories with stories of old. Till the Cows Come Home is a book by Lorna Sixsmith and is just released with Black & White Publishing.
Today I have a review of The Wife’s Tale, a personal history. Written by Aida Edemariam, it is published by 4th Estate, and recounts the life of Yetemegnu, an Ethiopian woman, of strength and determination, who lived through the many changes of her society and culture in the 20th century.