Ruth Deacon’s academic career is in the doldrums, her marriage is in shreds, an elderly relative with dementia has become an impossible burden. Ruth needs a miracle.
It comes in the form of ‘The Memory Book’.
Edith Barratt, an elderly writer seeing out her last days in a nursing home, has decided to entrust a lifetime of writings to Ruth, to publish after her death. And, by also giving her the ‘Memory Book’, she breaks a lifetime of silence about a youthful love that has dominated her entire life.
Ruth eagerly seizes on this material – it could rescue her career. When she discovers that Edith’s one-time love was an idealistic soldier of the Third Reich, she is even more encouraged. But then she finds herself faced with a challenge: that of exploring the gap between memory and desire, reality and illusion. Did Edith’s young German truly love her? And what is the
significance of a half-remembered melody sung by Fred Astaire?
Starting in Belfast, moving through pre-war Berlin and returning to
Ireland’s tentative and fragile peace of 1995, Sophia Hillan’s new novel traces a path to those things that cannot, in the end, be taken away.
'A full on, multi-plotted, page-turning thriller' - Irish Examiner
From the bestselling author of Through Streets Broad and Narrow, Ha'penny Chance and The Ha'penny Place.
By the author of The Summer of Lily & Esme, winner of the Children's Book of the Year.
Book 10 in the popular In a Nutshell 'Heroes' series. (This is also available in Irish)
From the author of Irish Times Bestseller They All Fall Down
From the bestselling author of Sing Me to Sleep Ever story deserves an ending. But first, the beginning much be told.
Bestselling author of The Secrets of Armstrong HouseSecrets, love, lies, murder - the legacy passes through the generations
Between 1856 and 1864, five remarkable girls were born in Cork, Ireland.
19 Railway Street explores the link that connects two different worlds and two remarkable young people on the brink of maturity. This is a unique collaboration between two of Ireland’s most popular authors. Llywelyn’s previous novels for children have won two Bisto Book Awards and one Reading Association of Ireland Award for excellence.
Six of the largest religions in the world explained: Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Sikhism
This is the story of Saint Colmcille: saint, scholar and one of the first people to see the Loch Ness Monster!
Includes class discussion topics, glossary and timeline.
'The Devil wears Prada meets Bridget Jones - The Sunday Independent
From the bestselling author of The Ghosts of Magnificent Children
Introducing the NEW Hands on History 'MY TIME' series