10 new books for June: Maggie O'Farrell, Patrick Freyne, Ciara Mageean...
Hamnet author Maggie O’Farrell is back, and her latest novel is inspired by her own family history and links to the mapping of Ireland in the mid-nineteenth century. Land is a portrait of a family navigating a legacy of upheaval and loss with love and hope.
: With her debut novel, , shortlisted for multiple awards, hopes are high for Niamh Campbell's latest book. It follows four-year-old Sunny, who, over the course of a strange year, repeatedly tells her parents, Lena and Odhran, about her previous lives, and how they ended.
: Kirsty Greenwood is a bestselling author of romantic comedies about extraordinary love, and her latest sees a heartbroken romance novelist forced to address her writer's block when the villainous cowboy character from her books shows up in the real world.
: A contemporary noir masterpiece set in modern-day Los Angeles, Kara teams up with a live-streamer and a lawyer after her best friend Phoebe goes missing. Will the remaining humanity of this fragile team kill them all or expose one enormous, unspeakable crime? Author Jordan Harper lives in LA and works as a writer and producer for television.
: is the first novel by Tokyo-born Momo Yamaguchi. It is described as a book for anyone who has ever had a crush. Mika is about to turn 25, and has a terminal case of virginity. When her bestie sends her an invite for an upcoming beach party, Mika clicks ‘attending’. Someone new catches her eye. It could be limerence, or the beginning of something much less one-sided.
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The Heathens thought of themselves as 'the 1000th best band of all time'. Then their tour van crashed, and one of their members died. Twenty years later, the surviving members of the band are brought together in ways none of them could have anticipated, and the lid is lifted on mysteries from their shared past. This is the debut fiction novel by Irish Times columnist Patrick Freyne.
: From the author of comes another enchanting love story, which sees a door appear in a hedge maze, but never in the same place twice. It leads to a dishevelled garden, and a beguiling thundercloud of a man. Can the seeds of romance bloom into something more?
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Dr Alan Desmond is an Irish consultant gastroenterologist who works for the NHS. Here, he shows the powerful connection between what you eat and how you feel — both today and for the rest of your life — and addresses common misconceptions around food and diet.
: Amanda Geard weaves a wartime letter, family secrets, and fairytale echoes. In Ireland, Maggie is shocked to discover a faded wartime letter, asking her grandfather to take in a baby. Only by travelling to Norway and discovering the story of four brave young women whose lives were forever changed by the occupation of their tiny islands can Maggie uncover the shocking truth about her family.
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Irish track athlete Ciara Mageean's sports memoir explores racing triumphs, Olympic heartbreak, injury, cancer and resilience beyond medals. offers a devastating contrast between the elite athlete's road that so few get to travel and the all-too-familiar cancer journey that so many do.
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