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Weak Teeth is a wonderfully astute portrait of a messed-up family coping with mental illness, grief, difficult relationships and toothache, told with verve and originality. A captivating debut from Edinburgh-based writer Lynsey May, for fans of Sally Rooney, Meg Mason and Marian Keyes.
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Short Stories by Women Writers from the North of Ireland
Edited by Sinéad Gleeson
Price: $17.99
ISBN: 9781848408401
Pub Date: 2021-10-08
Format: Paperback
Imprint: New Island Books
362 Pages
The Glass Shore: Short Stories by Women Writers from the North of Ireland, compiled by Sinéad Gleeson, provides an intimate and illuminating insight into an underappreciated literary canon. Twenty-four female luminaries from the north of Ireland capture experiences that are both vivid and varied, despite their shared geographical heritage.
On a hot July day, thirteen year old Lindsay Mathieson walked along the shore, past the rocks and out of sight. For ever. Thirty years later, a new crisis draws her family back to that familiar beach, and to memories too long buried.
In these eleven stories, Éilís Ní Dhuibhne draws us into the lives of characters struggling to find equilibrium. Visited by change and crisis, they are forced to confront the stories that define their sense of themselves. Beautifully written and sharply observed, this daring collection is a deft exploration of the complexities of human desire.
You can’t change your past. You can only use the experiences you live through to make your future better, wiser. Anna and her best friend George meet every week to remember, to sigh, to laugh, to...
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