Outwalkers
- 424 pages
- 15 hours of reading
The debut YA novel from the critically acclaimed Fiona Shaw, a near future thriller full of contemporary relevance.
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February 16, 1964
This author delves into the depths of literature, having studied it extensively at the Universities of York and Sussex, culminating in a PhD focused on poetry. Her writing is characterized by a penetrating insight into the human experience, exploring complex relationships and the inner lives of her characters. She masterfully blends literary analysis with compelling narrative, crafting works that invite readers into profound reflection.
- 2018
- 2013
"A Stone's Throw" explores the impact of choices on life, focusing on Meg's reflections on her past decisions and regrets. Set against the backdrop of World War Two in England and Africa, the novel delves into themes of family, love, duty, and the secrets that shape our lives.
- 2010
Theatre and Ireland
- 92 pages
- 4 hours of reading
What is the significance of theatre and performance within Irish culture and history? Expanding the field of Irish theatre to include mumming, wake games, prison protests and theatre riots, the book argues that Ireland's longstanding association with performance illuminates key aspects of its cultural history and politics.
- 2009
Tell it to the Bees
- 336 pages
- 12 hours of reading
A spellbinding story of forbidden love in the 1950s, now a major movie starring Anna Paquin and Holliday GraingerA secret love which has a whole town talking ... and a small boy very worried.Lydia Weekes is distraught at the break-up of her marriage. When her young son, Charlie, makes friends with the local doctor, Jean Markham, her life is turned upside down.Charlie tells his secrets to no one but the bees, but even he can't keep his mother's friendship to himself. The locals don't like things done differently. As Lydia and the doctor become closer, the rumours start to fly and threaten to shatter Charlie's world.
- 2006
The Picture She Took
- 344 pages
- 13 hours of reading
How far will a man go in war? And how far will a woman go to bring him back? In a bombed-out village, on the Western Front, Jude nurses the wounded in her cellar hospital. War is the making of her, and she records all she can, taking photographs of everything, capturing life in the midst of death. Survivor of a very different conflict, Daniel has come home from Ireland a haunted man. Signed up to the hated Black and Tans, he is disfigured by a campaign he fought in but didn't understand. A few years later an innocent photograph exposes an extraordinary tale. A chance snapshot, two soldiers sharing a cigarette, brings together Jude and Daniel and propels them on a strange journey. People travel a long way from themselves in battle and some never return. This searching, beautiful novel is about the wars we wage against others and against ourselves; it is a powerful story of memory, flight and desire.
