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"Annie's father is dead. She isn't sorry. A rich and domineering man, his chief passion was money and, long ago, when his lovely, fragile wife died suddenly, he set Annie to school in England and insisted that her mother was never mentioned again. But now his tyranny is over. And so Annie returns to Dublin, to the family house she hates, and discovers that, just when she thought she was free of her father, he has left her the house and intends her to live as he would have wished. Does she dare to defy him one more time? And whom can she trust to tell her the truth about her mother's life, and death".

The explosive new novel by a master of Irish fiction

Málokdo dokáže vyjádřit smutný osud Irska a skloubit ve své tvorbě soukromé problémy s politickými – navíc s humorem a bez náznaku sentimentality – jako Jennifer Johnstonová. Stíny na kůži jsou příběhem mladého Joa Logana, kterého trýzní neustálé požadavky jeho otce, někdejšího hrdiny a nyní slabého, vyčerpaného muže. Ve škole Joe jen sní v očekávání lepších časů, kdy utichne střelba a noci už nebudou plné děsivého strachu. Porozumění a kamarádství najde u Katheen, učitelky z nedaleké školy. Když se ale náhle vrátí z Londýna jeho starší bratr Brendan se zbraní a spoustou tajemství, pocítí Joe děsivou brutalitu války a jeho snům je provždy konec.

Avery isn't everyone's idea of a model Presbyterian minister. A Velvet Underground fan and student of stand-up comedy, the former bank-worker can't quite get used to being ?Reverend?. Then there's his difficulty remembering biblical quotations . . .Despite all this, Avery has absolute faith in his ability always to know the right thing to do. Until, that is, a man appears in his east Belfast church and confesses to murder. The only problem is ? this man can't remember where, when or why he killed. Avery commits himself to finding out the truth of what happened, but if this stranger seems hampered by the limitations of his own memory, then the minister's hands are tied by his professional and personal responsibilities ? and, as Avery soon realizes, neglecting his own concerns could have disastrous consequences .

Ve středu pozornosti irské spisovatelky Jennider Johnstonové, kterou znají naši čtenáři z novely Opuštěné nádraží, jsou nečekaná osudová přátelství, která na pozadí dramatických dějin její země vypovídají o podstatě lidské přirozenosti a lidském údělu. Osud starého pána, jehož svět je zalidněn postavami minulosti – jeho zanedbanou ženou, chladným, netečným otcem a atraktivní matkou, milující jeho bratra – je náhle narušen příchodem drzého venkovského zrzka, jenž příslibem přátelství zažene stíny minulosti. Elegantní, subtilní, mistrovská, dojemná, to jsou přívlastky, kterými kritika charakterizovala tuto prózu, evokující naše osobní selhání, odpuštění i naději.

Johnny, an outstanding young swimmer, went missing nearly thirty years ago: drowned, or so everyone except his sister Imogen believes. How could this have happened? Encouraged, pushed even, from a child by his father, Johnny could have made the Olympic team, couldn't he? As Imogen gradually pieces together bits of her family history, we hear the tragic echoes that connect her with the Great War and Ireland in the nineteen-twenties.

What starts as a class trip to the aquarium ends in the depths of the ocean, where the class has to escape from the jaws of a great white shark. Ms. Frizzle teaches the class about different shark species, including the goblin shark, angel shark, and the enormous whale shark. Illustrations.

On a rainy afternoon on Killiney Hill a young man walking, without his overcoat, happens upon a woman gazing out over Dublin bay, standing perilously close to the edge. From their testy encounter develops a remarkable friendship which will enable each to face afresh their very different, damaged pasts, and to look, however tentatively, towards the future.

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In a house overlooking Dublin Bay, Mimi and her daughter Grace are disturbed by the unexpected arrival of Grace's daughter Polly, and her new boyfriend. The events of the next few days will lead both of them to reassess the shape of their lives.