Read Ireland Book Review
Issue 303
Sunshine & Shadows by Emily Sage
Paperback; 9.00 Euro / 13.00 USD / 7.00 UK; 380 pages
Eileen Brady – flame-haired, loving, a true Irish mother – willing to give up her dreams for her love at first sight, Paddy McNab, a kind-hearted and gentle man. Reader of books and singer of songs, his world revolves around Eileen and their brood of young children. Mick Devlin – a man with the devil in his name and blood on his hands. In his wake comes unimaginable tragedy, and life for Eileen and Paddy will never be the same. Coral, the beautiful wife he brought back from England, has survived the Blitz but, spurned by her neighbours, will she survive the loneliness of life in the West of Ireland? And what does it feel like to be married to a murderer? John-Joe Brady – his mistake was falling for Bernie McBride. Her mistake was returning that love. They planned to marry – then a shot rang out . . .
Just Business by Ber Carroll
Paperback; 9.00 Euro / 13.00 USD / 7.00 UK; 388 pages [Add To Basket]
As head of Human Resources, Niamh enjoys her work with the Australian subsidiary of HDD but on a social level the job is less than fulfilling. Now Niamh has to deliver the bad news that there will be heavy redundancies and finds herself at the centre of the anger and legal threats.
Scott Morgan is looking for compenation and as he and Niamh grow closer she realises that the single father has a genuine grievance.
What went on between Helen Barnes and her boss? Was the attraction mutual? Where has engineer Denis Greene found the money to employ a top legal team to fight his redundancy and how has he convinced HDD's hot-shot lawyer, Lucinda Armstrong, that he should be reinstated?
Dancers of Fortune by Lee Dunne
Paperback; 10.00 Euro / 14.00 USD / 7.70 UK; 584 pages
When the beautiful Miss Victoria Brewer witnesses the heroics of a dashingly exotic man risking life and limb in the capital's raging river, she is struck by an immediate attraction. The unlikely pair recognise something in each other and become passionate lovers. Sam is an ambitious building contractor and Victoria heiress to her family’s brewing fortune. Victoria's twin Arthur becomes Sam's firm friend and together they prosper in business. Sam will stop short of nothing on his road to prosperity, but when he meets and falls for the beautiful and devout Jewish actress Gloria he realises how far away from his Jewish faith and life he has come.
A s the years pass and the Irish Republican Brotherhood exposes the discontent of the Irish people, Sam and Arthur come to realise their complicity in the system which keeps Irish people poor.
Three of a Kind by Alison Norrington
Paperback; 9.00 Euro / 13.00 USD / 7.00 UK; 516 pages [Add To Basket]
HELLY’S life is complete.Two gorgeous sons,a hunky husband, a fab London home and an antique clothes shop on Portobello Road. But her life is turned upside down when she opens her door to someone from the past.Will she risk everything?
CHARLEY,Helly’s older sister,is an advertising copywriter in Dublin who claims to have got drunk only once – but it’s lasted eighteen months!With a dark secret in the past,will she open her heart to someone who really cares?
FIONA,their little sister,is miserable in Lisbon with her young daughter. Trapped in Portugal by her ex, Luis, Fiona can’t see a happy future.
Unaware of Helly’s personal traumas,her sisters arrive on her London doorstep and when all three find themselves living together for the first time in years,the sparks really start to fly.
The Will to Win by Suzanne Higgins
Trade Paperback; 16.00 Euro / 23.00 USD / 10.00 UK; 370 pages
Samantha White has it all – looks, intelligence and Ireland’s most eligible bachelor waiting for her at the top of the aisle. When her estranged mother staggers into the Hello!-style wedding and stops the whole show, life takes a serious downturn. Sam’s mother has been carrying too many dark secrets for far too long. Rose Judge, the mother of the groom, is the only one who knows the whole truth but she would rather die than reveal it. While the groom heads to the beautiful white sands and turquoise seas of Barbados, Sam runs away to the Rioja region of Spain where she uncovers more truths that throw an entirely different slant on her life. When Sam returns to Ireland she soon discovers who her real enemies are and what sort of battle she has on her hands. The question is, can Sam take on the full might of the Judge dynasty? Does she have The Will to Win?
Anyone But Him by Sheila O’Flanagan
Paperback; 10.00 Euro / 13.00 USD / 7.00 UK; 600 pages [Add To Basket]
Andie and her sister Jin have never seen eye to eye. Andie doesn't envy Jin her marriage to a wealthy businessman, while Jin can't believe Andie's happy with her man-free existence (if only she knew!). But when their widowed mother Cora comes back from a Caribbean cruise with more than just a suntan, Andie and Jin are united in horror. Who is this gorgeous young man who's swept their mother off her feet? What the women really need is a friend to set the world to rights with – but can they be friends with each other?
All In! All In! by Eilis Brady
Trade Paperback; 10.00 Euro / 13.00 USD / 7.00 UK; 196 pages [Add To Basket]
Children’s traditional streetgames play an important part in the folklife of a country. This classic Irish folklore book assists parents and teachers in realizing how happy children are when given the opportunity to use their imagination and to create their own amusements, even in a restricted locale. It show how traditional street games and rhymes flourished and how children adapted traditions to a modern environment.
Trapping a Ghost by Nessa O’Mahony
Paperback; 12.00 Euro / 15.00 USD / 8.00 UK; 82 pages [Add To Basket]
This new collection of poetry by the award-winning poet explores the tensions that exist in the boundaries between past and present, flesh and spirit, poetry and narrative, inheritance and self-determination, family and artistic identity. In this poetry, ghosts exist alongside the living, reminding them of their ancestry. Stories abound, of civil war romances and heroic exploits, of old religions and new beliefs, of past love affairs, of future lives.
In Time of War: Ireland, Ulster and the Price of Neutrality, 1939-45 by Robert Fisk
Trade Paperback; 30.00 Euro / 40.00 USD / 20.00 UK; 650 pages [Add To Basket]
First published in 1983 to outstanding reviews, this book remains the most detailed and reliable study of Ireland during the Second World War, or the ‘Emergency’ as it was known then. It is superbly researched and documented and sheds new light on an all important but much neglected period in the long, sad history of Anglo-Irish relations.
Irish Music Audio CD
Say What You Feel by Paul Brady
20.00 Euro / 26.00 USD / 14.00 UK [Add To Basket]
"Paul Brady's Say What You Feel stirs the listener the same way David Gray's White Ladder did on the first time through. Brady's passionate vocals and musical textures draw you into the stories his songs tell - stories that relate to any walk of life." Jack Barton –FMQB
“It’s easy to understand Brady’s appeal as both a performer and a tunesmith…his voice is infused with a heartfelt passion.” – People Magazine
“Everyone I’ve played this album for,” says Paul Brady of his new album Say What You Feel, “uses the word ‘free’ when commenting on the vocal performances. I think they’re right: I felt completely free making the record, in every way.”
Upon listening to Say What You Feel, it becomes clear that Brady has rediscovered a more spontaneous side of himself, foregoing thick studio production, endless overdubs, and confining click tracks in a return to making music “the old-fashioned way.” Brady’s knack for insightful, soulful compositions - first displayed on classic albums like Trick or Treat and Spirits Colliding – is finally brought to the forefront. Say What You Feel frames an insightful new batch of Brady originals in airy, uncluttered surroundings that allow the songs, along with some of Brady’s most unguarded singing, to shine through clearer than ever.
Track listing: 1. Smile 2. Don’t Try to Please Me 3. Love in a Bubble 4. I Only Want You 5. Living For the Corporation 6. Say What You Feel 7. Locked Up in Heaven 8. Sail, Sail On 9. The You That’s Really You 10. Doin’ It In The Dark 11. Beyond The Reach of Love 12. The Man I Used To Be
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