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Irish Contemporary Fiction. Living with disability in Ireland in the 1970's and 1980's.
In this page turning episode written through the voice of Sheila McGann, a
teenager stricken at a young age by cerebral palsy, we learn ironic truths
about freedom. The characters could be your next door neighbors, and yet,
written against the backdrop of the upsurging Northern Irish conflict in the
1970's, for this American reviewer, the cultish lure of the IRA, the
tortuous restrictiveness of Irish religion for modern priests and the people
of Ireland, held back while looking on feverishly through new media to a
world where arti | |  | | The Cloths of Heaven
Set in 1970's Limerick, this Irish tale is inspiring. The characters are complex, not easily molded by the reader into one mind set. Sheila, dealing courageously with cerebral palsy, still has a darker side that makes her deliciously human and real. Maud, her best friend, fights a lack of crippling self esteem with tragic results, yet has redeeming and lovely atrributes to educate the reader.
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Pieces of Eight
by Jay Dubya
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 Pieces of Eight is an eclectic collection of eight imaginative novellas/short stories. Themes represented in the work are science fiction, paranormal, psychological drama, humor, murder/revenge and astrological fulfillment. Pieces of Eight is the com |
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Celts and Kings
by Mel Hathorn
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 Celts and Kings: The story behind the mystifying disappearance of the Celtic Earls in 1607. The story of a lost love and Celtic Spirituality.
The story of a forbidden love going back 400 years.
The story steeped in Irish history, Ce |
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