In the summer of 1983, two sisters discover that promises can't always be kept ... The House on Seaview Road is a story about first love, growing up and about the enduring bonds of sisterhood.
A gripping literary page-turner from a rising Irish talent in which former friends, estranged for fifteen years, reckon with the terrifying events of the summer that changed their lives.
A gripping literary page-turner from a rising Irish talent in which former friends, estranged for fifteen years, reckon with the terrifying events of the summer that changed their lives.
A gripping literary page-turner from a rising Irish talent in which former friends, estranged for fifteen years, reckon with the terrifying events of the summer that changed their lives.
Originally published as Green Rushes, this edition takes its title from the story which became a cult film. A modern classic which explores attitudes which still lie at the root of Irish life, and which also delights in the open Irish landscape.
With energy and insight, this novel leads up to the first performance of the most celebrated work of sacred music, with failure and loss transformed in a moment by the genius of Handel's musical imagination.
It is December 1971, and The Bangladesh War of Liberation is in the middle of the critical final battles. While being subjected to all the traumas of war, Doctor Meena struggles against the forces that threaten to undermine her commitment to the people she serves, as the full force of an army is unleashed against her and her community.