Sarah Moore Fitzgerald creëert verhalen met een diepgaande verkenning van de menselijke psyche en de complexiteit van relaties. Haar werken duiken in thema's als opgroeien, verlies en de zoektocht naar identiteit, en begeleiden lezers met uitzonderlijke gevoeligheid door het innerlijke leven van haar personages. De auteur combineert vakkundig realisme met een vleugje fantasie, en creëert aangrijpende verhalen die lang na de laatste pagina blijven resoneren. Haar kenmerkende literaire stijl wordt gekenmerkt door lyrische proza en diepe empathie voor haar protagonisten.
A VERY GOOD CHANCE is brave and thoughtful with cracking characters. It deserves a wide readership and confirms Moore Fitzgerald's place as one of Ireland's most interesting new children's writers. IRISH INDEPENDENT on A VERY GOOD CHANCE
Ambientada en Dublín y Siena, la ciudad toscana donde cada año se celebra la vertiginosa y arriesgada carrera de caballos de Il Palio, esta historia nos habla de las oportunidades que nos da la vida, de la importancia de ser valiente y de buscar nuevas perspectivas para entender el mundo. Cuando el mundo de Minty se desmorona, busca cobijo en los árboles retorcidos de Nettlebog y descubre que su compañero de colegio, Ned, además de montar caballos salvajes, sabe cosas sobre la raza humana que serán su salvación.
Cosmo's brother Brian died when he was ten years old. His mum hides her grief by working all the hours God sends and Cosmo lives with his grandparents. They've been carefree days as Granddad buys him a horse called John and teaches him all he knows about horses. But the good times have to come to an end and although he doesn't want to admit it, Cosmo knows his Granddad is losing his mind. So on one of the rare occasions when Granddad seems to recognise him, Cosmo is bemused that he gives him a key to Blackbrick Abbey and urges him to go there. Cosmo shrugs it off, but gradually Blackbrick draws him in . . . Cosmo arrives there, scared and lonely, and is dropped off at the crumbling gates of a huge house. As he goes in, the gates close, and when he turns to look, they're rusty and padlocked as if they haven't been opened in years. Cosmo finds himself face to face with his grandfather as a young man, and questions begin to form in his mind: can Cosmo change the course of his family's future?
Oscar Dunleavy, who used to make the world's most perfect apple tarts, is missing, presumed dead. No-one seems too surprised, except for Meg, his best friend, and his little brother Stevie. Surrounded by grief and confusion, Meg and Stevie are determined to find out what happened to Oscar, and together they learn about loyalty and friendship and the power of never giving up hope. The second sensational novel from Irish author, Sarah Moore Fitzgerald, following her debut, BACK TO BLACKBRICK, perfect for fans of Annabel Pitcher and Siobhan Dowd.