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'Blight' is about the Doherty family's experiences during the potato famine in the Skibbereen area 1845 - 1847. The novel has its roots in Anna's childhood and adolescence.
span style="font-family: Times New Roman">span style="font-size: medium">span style="font-size: small">In a mud cabin near Skibbereen, Brigid Doherty, a mother expecting her fifth child, lies on trodden earth. The baby is stillborn. Potato blight's pungent smell lingers in the autumn air. The plight of the Doherty family is the lot of all poor people. The rent is paid, only just, coutesy of the pig./span>/span>/span>
span style="font-family: Times New Roman">span style="font-size: small">Blight covers the Relief Commissioner's struggle with bureaucrac | |  | | Hassles and Hope
-Life is full of ups and downs, twists and turns, different perceptions of the same event by different people. All it takes is a chance encounter, a vivid recollection, a combination of funny and tragic episodes to deepen our character and put us in touch with our innermost feelings. Hassles and hope go together like bread and butter.
Everyone has problems, but there are always solutions.
One sunny day in August, Don is prepared to end it all, but someone stops him...
That "someone" is Debs. A beautiful, young woman, whose mission in life is to help people. Debs works as a counsellor, which is how she encounters Maxim and Rose. Maxim is obsessed with two things - herself and sex! However, Rose is a very different sort of person. She is an intelligent girl who must deal with hardships that most other people cannot even contemplate. Rose is determined to rid herself of her past and carve out a new |
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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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