Anne Haverty Books

Infused with love, pathos, history and ideas, A Break in the Journey, Anne Haverty's new collection, is a moving exploration of the many kinds of journeys on which life takes us. Haverty has traveled great distances in intellectual curiosity as well as in the world and traces her tracks with superb eloquence, simplicity, and a piercing humanity. With skill, grace, and a masterful lightness of touch, these poems shimmer and float in the imagination long after the final page.

A revised edition of this landmark 1988 illustrated biography of one of the great women of Irish history, and Europe's first elected female politician.

One Day As A Tiger tells the story of Martin Hawkins, a brilliant young historian, who turns his back on a promising academic career and returns to the family sheep-farm in Tipperary where he finds himself at odds with his conscientious brother, Pierce. Hostile to the people around him, and secretly in love with Pierce's restless wife, Etti, Martin begins to harbour strange convictions about an adopted lamb he calls Missy. One of a flock that has been 'improved' with the introduction of human genes, Missy starts to make significant impact on Martin's imagination. When Etti starts to share these sentiments, she and Martin embark on a reckless and terrible adventure.

Der junge Historiker Martin Hawkins verlässt seine Karriere, um aufs Land zu ziehen, getrieben von seiner geheimen Liebe zu Etti, der Frau seines Bruders. Mit seinem manipulierten Schaf Missy entwickelt er eine besondere Beziehung. Als Missy verschwindet, suchen Etti und Martin gemeinsam nach ihr, was zu einer unerwarteten und tragischen Wendung führt. Anne Haverty erzählt von Liebe, Verlust und den Abgründen des Lebens auf dem Land.