An uplifting, feel-good read about the power of friendship and community.
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Anna Burns crafts prose that delves into the raw and visceral realities of life in Northern Ireland. Her distinctive literary style employs a unique, often experimental language that captures the intricate complexities of human relationships and societal pressures. Burns explores themes of identity, trauma, and resilience, focusing on characters navigating a world shaped by conflict and unrest. Her work offers readers an intense and unforgettable literary experience.







- 2024
- 2022
Menopause is often viewed negatively, marking the end of youth and beauty, but this book redefines it as a transformative phase. It encourages women to embrace this time as an opportunity to become their strongest, fittest selves. Drawing from 25 years of experience as a personal weight-loss coach, the author challenges societal assumptions about aging, promoting the idea that women can maintain a slim physique, lift heavier weights, and preserve their self-image. Empowerment and fitness in mid-life are achievable goals.
- 2022
The happy ending is just the beginning...Mother and daughter, Grace and Kat, have found their dream lives in beautiful Montenegro. Kat is head chef at the Café Lompar and engaged to her beloved Milo. Grace loves dividing her time between the Café and home in Bath with Neil. But in the sunshine, storms start to gather: wedding preparations show Kat a side of Milo she didn't know, Neil wants more from Grace than a long-distance relationship, and the new restaurant next door to the Café Lompar seems ruthlessly determined to steal Kat's customers and staff. With everything on the line - love, work and family - Kat and Grace make mistakes and must decide what they really want.Will there be a wedding at all? Will the café survive?Both women will find that dreams are worth fighting for.
- 2021
An uplifting novel of family secrets and fresh starts. Grace is clearing her late husband's things, when she discovers he had another family. She and her daughter Kat travel to Montenegro to find them. Can mother and daughter successfully navigate painful emotions, new opportunities and new loves?
- 2019
Mostly Hero
- 144 pages
- 6 hours of reading
Of course, of everybody of whom this particular hero was suspicious, he was most suspicious of femme fatale, of this woman he was in love with.
- 2018
Milkman
- 368 pages
- 13 hours of reading
WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2018: A tale of gossip and hearsay, silence and deliberate deafness. It is the story of inaction with enormous consequences. 'Milkman is extraordinary. I've been reading passages aloud for the pleasure of hearing it. It's frightening, hilarious, wily and joyous all at the same time.' - Lisa McInerney, author of The Glorious Heresies
- 2007
The new novel from Anna Burns, critically acclaimed author of 'No Bones'.
- 2002
No Bones
- 336 pages
- 12 hours of reading
A shattering and blackly funny debut in the tradition of Roddy Doyle, "No Bones" follows a young woman growing up in a Belfast beset by the Troubles.