Summer holiday reads: 20 good fiction books for the beach and beyond
20 summer reading tips.
Before the advent of cheap flights and the invention of the word staycation, Irish people holidayed in places like Tramore, Co Waterford, which had the added lure of fairground rides, known locally as ’the amusements’. In this series of linked stories set in the seaside resort, Flannery draws on her own childhood experiences, capturing the idiosyncrasies of life in small-town Ireland and the relationships and resentments that underpin it. A great choice of book for a summer read.
