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A retrospective of Patrick Semple's work in short story and poetry with some new pieces. The literary equivalent of a 'mixtape' for your pleasure. So sit back in your favourite chair, preferably with a drop of something nice to sip, and let the maestro direct your attention for a pleasant while.
A collection of Irish short stories. Patrick Semple has been an ordained minister of the Anglican Communion in Ireland, a curate working in Belfast at the start of the Troubles, a prison chaplain, a public speaker, an author, a teacher, a husband, a father and a born again Atheist. These stories are the observations of a person who has spent a lifetime serving other people. Each story tells us something about human nature and the lessons learnt from observing the lives of others. Every story is a slice of life.
This book examines the boycott of the Protestant community of Fethard-on-Sea, County Wexford, Ireland, by local Catholics because of a dispute over a mixed marriage. Sheila Cloney, a member of the Church of Ireland, refused to have her two children educated in the local Catholic National School, in accordance with promises she had made before she married her Catholic husband, Sean Cloney. Rather than submit to pressure being put on her by the local Catholic clergy, she took her children to Belfast and then to Scotland. It was alleged that local Protestants had assisted her and, as a result, a boycott of local Protestant businesses was instituted to secure the return of the children. The boyc...
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DescriptionThis book is like a roller-coaster, it chronicles the many twists and turns, high points and low points of Celia's extraordinary life. Celia is a very strong woman, there have been many distressingly sad events in her life, from suicide and alcoholism to the deaths of family members and the effects of having ECT (a horrific and some say inhumane treatment for depression), yet after all this she is still full of courage and drive. There are precious few publishers who are willing to publish books like this. Yet this book is Celia's life, the pain of the author, and the facts of her life just make you want to reach out and it is important that people are able to read this fascinatin...
Tracing the evolution of women's role in university education from the 19th century to the present day, this book captures the complexity of women's position within the academy and poses the critical question: Have women made a difference?
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'A terrific family drama of secrets ... and so cleverly plotted' Graham Norton 'A completely compelling story of family secrets, courage and resilience' Fearne Cotton 'Moving, intriguing and beautifully written ... a story about coming home' Katie Fforde ___________ We all belong somewhere and to someone. Little Wing is the powerful story of two families over three generations from Sunday Times bestselling author Freya North. 1969. Florence Lawson, a 16-year-old schoolgirl who dreams of being an artist, finds herself pregnant and banished to one of the most remote parts of the UK. 1986. Dougie Munro, searching for adventure, leaves the Isle of Harris - the island of his birth - for art colle...