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The Accidental Tourist by Anne Tyler
Book Birds - December 19, 2022 11:51 - 39 minutesThe Accidental Tourist was published in 1985 and made into an Oscar winning film starring Geena Davis, Kathleen Turner and William Hurt. By turns dark, heartbreaking and laugh-out-loud hilarious, The Accidental Tourist tells the tale of William Leary who writes travel guidebooks for people who h...
The Van by Roddy Doyle.
Book Birds - April 14, 2022 11:42 - 42 minutesThe Van On this episode we re-read Roddy Doyle’s, The Van. Shortlisted for The Booker prize, it is the last novel of his superb trilogy about the Rabbitte family of North Dublin. Two old friends who are down on their luck and short on options decide that fast food might be the best way to make...
Light A Penny Candle by Maeve Binchy
Book Birds - November 11, 2021 15:35 - 43 minutesRe-reading Maeve's debut novel made us fall in love with her all over again and we're pretty sure you will too. An epic tale of two friends who meet when they are ten. Aisling is an Irish country girl and Elizabeth is a refugee from London during the blitz. In spite of their many differences - cu...
Rachel's Holiday by Marian Keyes
Book Birds - June 28, 2021 14:21 - 45 minutesRachel Walsh can't be a drug addict? Surely she'd be thinner! First published in 1997, Rachel's Holiday should come with a health warning: you may puke with the laughing. But lurking behind the laughs is a compelling and dark tale of drug addiction told with an authenticity that is as refreshing ...
The Country Girls by Edna O'Brien
Book Birds - April 26, 2021 19:38 - 53 minutesAt 90, Edna O'Brien is an undisputed icon of Irish literature. But this wasn't always the case. On publication of her first novel, The Country Girls, Edna - living in London by then - was vilified by Irish patriarchy, Church and State. Back then, in 1960, Irish people read her in secret, passing ...
'The Tea House on Mulberry Street' by Sharon Owens
Book Birds - December 15, 2020 18:20 - 53 minutesAre you hungry? Do you need something to warm the cockles of your heart? Well, step inside the Tea House on Mulberry Street. Like many of us after lockdown, the Tea House is in need of some attention and TLC and Sharon Owens gives it just that in her wonderful debut novel that's as delectable and...
'City Girl' by Patricia Scanlan
Book Birds - October 23, 2020 14:17 - 49 minutesMeet Maggie, Devlin and Caroline all over again. It's been thirty years but they haven't changed a bit! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Book Birds - October 19, 2020 16:40 - 1 minuteCiara Geraghty and Caroline Grace-Cassidy read books and talk about them. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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