Prophet Song by Paul Lynch
Prophet Song offers a shocking vision of a country at war and a deeply human portrait of a mother’s fight to hold her family together.
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Fenian Street by Anne Emery
Shay Rynne grew up in the Corporation Flats ― public housing ― in Fenian Street, Dublin. He has always toyed with the idea of joining the Garda Síochána, the Irish police. But in the early 1970s, young fellows from the tenements of Dublin have not been welcomed in the police force. When his friend Rosaleen is killed and the case goes unsolved, Shay decides to put on the uniform of a Dublin garda and sets out to find the killer.
Radio Ireland by Kevin Mahon
After the passing of his father, Brendan decides to leave North America behind and begin a new life as a rock radio host in his family’s ancestral home of Dublin .But when Brendan arrives he discovers that Rory, his co-host and lifelong friend, is missing.
The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue
Emma Donoghue’s startlingly prescient novel, The Pull of the Stars, is set in a Dublin maternity ward during the 1918 influenza pandemic. Specifically, the action takes place over three days beginning on October 31, the day before the novel’s main character, Nurse Julia Power, will turn thirty.
Torn Asunder by Renny DeGroot
He is an inspiring journalist, but Emmet Ryan has no idea that his words have the power to destroy those he loves the most. This is a story about a conflicted man, opening near Dublin, 1916 and set during one of Ireland’s most turbulent eras.
The Inward Journey by Kate Evans
“Spin me back down the years and the days of my youth Draw the lace and black curtains and shut out the whole truth Spin me down the long ages: let them sing the song.” – Ian Anderson Sylvia Drodge of St. John’s NL (the former Sylvia Bolfe-Carter of Ireland) has been temporarily relegated to …
