Birding by Rose Ruane

Birding by Rose Ruane'I have GULPED this novel down . . . Birding gave me everything I want in a novel, including a massive, cathartic cry at the end. Achingly poignant, yet ultimately hopeful, with a worn out seaside town I can see so clearly' Jennie Godfrey, author of The List of Suspicious Things 'A beautiful book full of stark truths . . . Lyrical and evocative, highly recommended' Evie King, author of Ashes to Admin' I've had my socks absolutely knocked off (again)

the matchbooks

feel instead of touch

Ryan Cusack's grown up faster than most - being the oldest of six with a dead mum and an alcoholic dad will do that for you

Mary Beckett

Dinosaur Atlas

Will he ever get back to the family tree

noisy Greytown

acting out the unending injunction to 'Try again

De Beauvoir and Beckett despised each other - and lived essentially on the same street

Set against the backdrop of a seemingly changed Ireland

the unexpected power of the Two Minute Rule

To the End of the World offers a unique insight into the 'snakes and ladders' of filmmaking