10 new books for February: Jojo Moyes, Amy Jordan, Garrett Carr and more...
Books by Fiona Scarlett and Garrett Carr feature among the February highlights.
On a bright spring afternoon in Dublin, Ciara Fay grabs an armful of clothes from the washing line, straps her two young daughters into her car and drives away. She must navigate raising her children in a hotel room, searching for a new home and dealing with her husband’s relentless campaign to get her to come back. Because leaving is one thing, but staying away is another.
A serial killer from an unsolved case during Julia’s early days as a Garda seems to return after she has retired. A phone call from her superintendent sees her return to Cork to catch the vicious killer.
Two ultra-focused elite athletes training for the Olympics find their concentration ebb as the tides of love come in in this witty romcom. As the pressure leading to the Olympics heats up, so does their relationship.
In a close-knit community on Ireland's west coast in 1973, a baby is found abandoned on the beach and is adopted by the fisherman who finds him. This is an exploration of the ties that make us and bind us, as a family and community move irresistibly towards the future.
This haunting and visionary novel from 2024 Nobel Prize winner Han Kang traces the path of Kyungha as she travels from the city of Seoul into the forests of Jeju Island, to the home of her old friend Inseon. It takes us on a journey from contemporary South Korea into its painful history.
Even the family you thought you could never forgive might have something to teach you: about love, and what it actually means to be family. Lila Kennedy learns this when her real dad, who she has barely seen since he ran off to Hollywood thirty-five years ago. suddenly appears on her doorstep.
A friendship blooms between Dean and Shauna in summer 1991 but as time passes and it develops into something deeper, conflicting responsibilities threaten to pull them apart. An unforgettable story of love, loss, regret and the indelible marks one person can make on your life.
The City Changes Its Face explores a passionate love affair tested to its limits in an intense story of passion, jealousy and family that sees 20-year-old Eily and 40-year-old Stephen retrace the course of their two-year love affair in search of what’s gone wrong.
A socially awkward mother of the bride navigates the days before and after her daughter's wedding. Sometimes the younger generation has much to teach the older about secrets, acceptance and taking the rough with the smooth.
Returning from Brazil with his wife and daughter, Oisin hopes to rebuild a life in Ireland and reconnect with his mother, Brigid, who has early-onset Alzheimer's. As her condition deteriorates, she starts to speak Irish and reflect on her childhood dreams and aspirations.
