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All the Dead Voices Hughes, Declan 2009-07 - William Morrow & Company 9780061689888 Check our catalog
Dublin P.I. Ed Loy can't escape the past in this fourth novel in the acclaimed series from the Shamus Award-winning author, hailed as the best Irish crime novelist of his generation. (John Connolly). …More |
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Borderlands McGilloway, Brian 2008-09 - Minotaur Books 9780312384067 Check our catalog
A dazzling and highly lyrical debut crime novel, "Borderlands" marks the beginning of a compelling new series featuring Inspector Benedict Devlin. …More |
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Christine Falls Black, Benjamin 2007-03 - Henry Holt & Company 9780805081527 Check our catalog
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Darling Jim Moerk, Christian 2009-03 - Henry Holt & Company 9780805089479 Check our catalog BookPage Notable Title
When two sisters and their aunt are found dead in their suburban Dublin home, it seems that the secret behind their untimely demise will never be known. But then Niall, a young mailman, finds a mysterious diary in the post office's dead-letter bin. From beyond the grave, Fiona Walsh shares the most tragic love story he's ever heard--and her tale has only just begun. …More |
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Hidden River McKinty, Adrian 2005-01 - Scribner Book Company 9780743247009 Check our catalog
In this electrifying noir thriller from a major new talent, a young Irish ex-cop travels half a world away to investigate the murder of a beautiful girl he once loved. …More |
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Brooklyn Toibin, Colm 2009-07 - Center Point Large Print 9781602855304 Check our catalog
In Ireland in the early 1950s, Eilis Lacey is one of many who cannot find work at home. Thus when a job is offered in America, it is clear to everyone that she must go. Leaving behind her family and country, Eilis heads for unfamiliar Brooklyn, and to a crowded boarding house where the landlady's intense scrutiny and the small jealousies of her fellow residents only deepen her isolation. Slowly, the pain of parting is buried beneath the rhythms of her new life -- and finally, she begins to realize that she has found a sort of happiness. As she falls in love, news comes from home that forces her back to Enniscorthy -- not to the constrictions of her old life, but to new possibilities which conflict deeply with the life she has left behind in Brooklyn. …More |
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Paula Spencer Doyle, Roddy 2007-01 - Viking Books 9780670038169 Check our catalog
One of Ireland's most popular novelists and the author of the Booker Prize-winning "Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha" movingly depicts a woman, both strong and fragile, who is fighting back and finally equipped to be a mother to her children. But now that they're mostly grown up, is it too late? …More |
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Yesterday's Weather Enright, Anne 2009-06 - Grove Press 9780802144324 Check our catalog
Man Booker winner Anne Enright's story collection "Yesterday's Weather" is a series of moving glimpses into the lives of ordinary men and women struggling with the bonds of love, family, and community in an increasingly disconnected world. It exhibits the arresting images and subversive wit that mark Enright as one of the most thrillingly gifted writers of our time. |
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The Country Girls Trilogy and Epilogue O'Brien, Edna 1986-05 - Farrar Straus Giroux 9780374130275 Check our catalog
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Brigid of Kildare Terrell, Heather 2010-02 - Ballantine Books 9780345505125 Check our catalog
"Girl With a Pearl Earring" meets "How the Irish Saved Civilization" in this dazzling historical novel that reimagines Saint Brigid and the early Church in Ireland. …More |
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The Bird Woman Hardie, Kerry 2006-08 - Little Brown and Company 9780316076234 Check our catalog
Ellen McKinnon's clairvoyant experiences damage her mental and physical health. She must face and assimilate an unwanted but unavoidable family secret, experiencing a revelation that turns her life around in this insightful look at the rift between mysticism and rationalism. …More |
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The Fall of Light Williams, Niall 2003-03 - Grand Central Publishing 9780446679879 Check our catalog
The author of the acclaimed novel "Four Letters of Love, " Williams again features a father undone by grandiose dreams. His adventures--which tell the story of Ireland itself--unfold in passionate and vivid scenes with gypsies, horse races, sea voyages, and beautiful women. …More |
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Forever Hamill, Pete 2003-11 - Back Bay Books 9780316735698 Check our catalog
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Heart and Soul Binchy, Maeve 2009-02 - Knopf Publishing Group 9780307265791 Check our catalog BookPage Notable Title
With the warmth, humor, and compassion readers have come to expect from her, Binchy tells a story of family, friends, patients, and staff who are part of a heart clinic in a community caught between the old and the new in Ireland. …More |
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Ireland DeLaney, Frank 2005-02 - HarperCollins 9780060563486 Check our catalog
This unforgettable "tour de force" marries the intimate, passionate texture of the Irish spirit with a sweeping, epic historical scope, to tell the story of how the character of the land and its people were shaped by history, neighboring England, and the Irish themselves. …More |
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An Irish Country Doctor Taylor, Patrick 2007-02 - Forge 9780765316233 Check our catalog
In this charming and engrossing tale, a recent medical school graduate arrives in a rural Irish village to be an assistant to an older physician. The young doctor soon finds out more about life--and love--than he ever imagined back in medical school. …More |
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My Dream of You O'Faolain, Nuala 2001-02 - Riverhead Books 9781573221771 Check our catalog
When a travel writer realizes the painful cost of her refugee existence, she returns to Ireland to investigate the true story of a scandalous affair between the wife of an English landlord and an Irish servant during the latter years of the famine. The greatly anticipated first novel by the author of the bestselling "Are You Somebody?" is a love story within a love story and a historical novel within a contemporary one. This grand debut tells of parallel lives, 150 years apart, driven by a hunger for passionate love. …More |
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P.S. I Love You Ahern, Cecelia 2007-11 - Hyperion Books 9781401309169 Check our catalog
With the help of letters her husband left her before he died, and a little nudging from an eccentric assortment of family and friends, a young widow learns to laugh, overcome her fears, and discover the world. …More |
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Star of the Sea O'Connor, Joseph 2004-03 - Harvest Books 9780156029667 Check our catalog
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The Story of Lucy Gault Trevor, William 2003-08 - Penguin Books 9780142003312 Check our catalog
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Venetia Kelly's Traveling Show DeLaney, Frank 2010-02 - Random House 9781400067831 Check our catalog BookPage Notable Title
She sprang from the womb and waved to the crowd. Then smiled and took a bow. And so readers first meet Venetia Kelly, the beguiling actress at the center of this new, spellbinding, and epic work by the bestselling author of "Ireland." …More |
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The Lace Makers of Glenmara Barbieri, Heather 2009-07 - Harper 9780061721557 Check our catalog
In this enchanting, romantic tale of friendship and love set in Ireland, a young American woman helps a group of local lace makers change their lives, and, ultimately, her own. …More |
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Unknown (2011) PG-13
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Faith by Jennifer Haigh (2011)
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Crime Readers Book Discussion
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Play Reading Society
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Big Run Wolf Ranch
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