"A new edition of Edna O'Brien's stunning first three novels, The Country Girls, Girl with Green Eyes and Girls in their Married Bliss. The trilogy follows the lives of Kate Brady and her friend Baba Brennan from the confines of a convent school in the Irish countryside to the br...
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Ten years on from her last novel, Edna O'Brien reminds us why she is thought to be one of the great Irish writers of this and any generation. When a wanted war criminal from the Balkans, masquerading as a faith healer, settles in a small west coast Irish village, the community ar...
Edna O'Brien, the author of "The Country Girls" trilogy, "The Light of Evening," and "Byron in Love," portrays the events, people, emotions, and landscape that contributed to her rich and heady life. She is the recipient of the James Joyce Ulysses Medal, and an honorary member of...
Kate and Baba, two young Irish country girls who have spend their childhood together, leave the safety of their convent school in search of life and love in the city. Kate is dreamy and romantic and yearning for love, while Baba just wants to experience life as a single woman. Al...
"Offers the story of two siblings, brother and sister, and the dangerous newcomer who would try to steal everything they have, in a novel set in the countryside of western Ireland"--Amazon.
Set in the deep countryside of northeast Nigeria, 'Girl' is Edna OBriens harrowing portrayal of the young women abducted by Boko Haram. It is an unforgettable story of astonishing survival and unflinching faith in the redemption of the human heart.
"Moving from Ireland to London and then to The Hague, the story of one woman's struggle to reclaim a life shattered by betrayal"-- Provided by publisher.
Set in the deep countryside of northeast Nigeria, 'Girl' is Edna OBriens harrowing portrayal of the young women abducted by Boko Haram. It is an unforgettable story of her astonishing survival, and her unflinching faith in the redemption of the human heart.
With skill and empathy, Edna O'Brien shows two faces of a divided land, as Josie, the ailing elderly inhabitant of an Irish country mansion, meets McGreevy, the terrorist. Their understanding and compassion leads to a violent conclusion.