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All We Shall Know by Donal Ryan
Category: Fiction
'Martin Toppy is the son of a famous Traveller and the father of my unborn child. He's seventeen, I'm thirty-three. I was his teacher. I'd have killed myself by now if I was brave enough. I don't think it would hurt the baby. His little heart would stop with mine. He wouldn't feel himself leaving one wo ...Show more
All We Shall Know by Donal Ryan
Category: Fiction
From the twice Man Booker longlisted author of From a Low and Quiet Sea 'Poetic, powerful and heart-rending' The Times 'An exquisite account of womanhood, friendship, prejudice and tradition that is both intimate in scale and awesome in achievement' Irish Independent Melody Shee is alone and in troubl ...Show more
All We Shall Know by Donal Ryan
Category: Fiction
'Martin Toppy is the son of a famous Traveller and the father of my unborn child. He's seventeen, I'm thirty-three. I was his teacher. I'd have killed myself by now if I was brave enough. I don't think it would hurt the baby. His little heart would stop with mine. He wouldn't feel himself leaving one wo ...Show more
From a Low and Quiet Sea by Donal Ryan
Category: Fiction
Pre-read / Used. Excellent condition. Shortlisted for the 2018 Costa Novel Award Longlisted for the 2018 Man Booker Prize Farouk's country has been torn apart by war. Lampy's heart has been laid waste by Chloe. John's past torments him as he nears his end. The refugee. The dreamer. The pen ...Show more
From a Low and Quiet Sea by Donal Ryan
Category: Fiction
***LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2018******SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA NOVEL AWARD 2018***'Beautiful and affecting' David Nicholls 'An engrossing, unpredictable, beautifully crafted novel' RODDY DOYLEFarouk?s country has been torn apart by war.Lampy?s heart has been laid waste by Chloe.John?s past t ...Show more
Heart, Be at Peace by Donal Ryan
Category: Fiction
'I said it before. Madness comes circling around. Ten-year cycles, as true as the sun will rise...'Some things can send a heart spinning; others will crack it in two.In a small town in rural Ireland, the local people have weathered the storms of economic collapse and are looking towards the future. The ...Show more
How Much the Heart Can Hold: Seven Stories on Love by Carys Bray, Rowan Hisayo Buchanan, Bernardine Evaristo, Grace McCleen, Donal Ryan, Nikesh Shukla, D.W. Wilson
Category: General Biography
'Nobody has ever measured, not even poets, how much the heart can hold.'Zelda Fitzgerald Love is not a singular concept. In this collection, seven award-winning authors explore seven concepts of love: from Philautia, self-love, to Agape, love for humanity; and from Storge, a natural affection for fami ...Show more
Strange Flowers by Donal Ryan
Category: Fiction
In 1973, twenty-year-old Moll Gladney takes a morning bus from her rural home and disappears.Bewildered and distraught, Paddy and Kit must confront an unbearable prospect- that they will never see their daughter again.Five years later, Moll returns. What - and who - she brings with her will change the c ...Show more
Strange Flowers by Donal Ryan
Category: Fiction
In 1973, twenty-year-old Moll Gladney takes a morning bus from her rural home and disappears.Bewildered and distraught, Paddy and Kit must confront an unbearable prospect: that they will never see their daughter again.Five years later, Moll returns. What - and who - she brings with her will change the c ...Show more
The Queen of Dirt Island by Donal Ryan
Category: Fiction
From the award-winning, Booker longlisted author of the number one bestseller, STRANGE FLOWERS, a searing, jubilant novel about four generations of women and the love and stories that bind them.'One of the finest novelists writing today... a haunting, exquisite masterpiece.' RACHEL JOYCE'A generous mosa ...Show more
The Queen of Dirt Island by Donal Ryan
Category: Fiction
From the multi-award-winning author of the number one bestseller, STRANGE FLOWERS, a searing, jubilant story about four generations of women and fierce love. 'Ryan's work has set a benchmark to which other writers will aspire' JOHN BOYNE' I think you have to truly love people to write like this' RACHEL ...Show more
The Spinning Heart by Donal Ryan
Category: Fiction
Winner of the Guardian First Book Award 2013. Shortlisted for the Dublin IMPAC Literary Award 2014. Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2013. Winner of Book of the Year at the Irish Book Awards 2012. 'Funny, moving and beautifully written' Edna O'Brien In the aftermath of Ireland's financial collapse, d ...Show more