“We Lindberghs still know ourselves best as a tribe: close-knit, self-
enclosed and self-defining, always prepared to be besieged by
invisible forces upwelling from the past - the famous flight, the
kidnapping, the controversy over our father’s isolationist stance
just before the Second World War.”
The world knew Charles Lindbergh as a daring aviator, Pulitzer Prize-
winning author and notorious isolationist. His landmark feat of
crossing the Atlantic in his single-engine plane, The Spirit of St
Louis, assured him from the outset of colossal and enduring fame. His
wife, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, was also famous, the author of the
bestselling Gift from the Sea and other novels. That celebrity status
and the tragic loss of their firstborn infant son in a highly
publicized kidnapping shadowed them for the rest of their lives.
Fiercely protective of their children, they worked hard to remove
themselves from public life, an effort so successful that many are
unaware that there were more Lindbergh children after the first tragic
Here, their youngest daughter Reeve, in a deeply moving, candid and
powerful memoir describes what it was like to grow up as a Lindbergh
under a wing of a stern, strong and eccentric father. Methodical and
exacting as an aviator he applied the same discipline to parenting,
inspiring both love and fear.
'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