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I’d like these books for Christmas (if I didn’t have them already)

Dec 4, 2010 |

This is my half-dozen list of  books from Ireland or by Irish writers that I think would make great Christmas gifts.  And not a whiff of misery writing about the rise and fall of the Celtic Tiger or the sorry IMF/ECB bailout. Emma Donoghue’s Room  was my book of the year before it won the Hughes & Hughes…

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Fear, Grief and Unexpected Hope

Nov 22, 2010 |

This Irish Citizen found hope from an unexpected source in a week when four children died violently in rooms at their homes and the IMF and ECB arrived in Ireland.  My source of hope came from Emma Donoghue’s novel  Room. In a 12-ft square room where a sky-light gives the only glimpse of the outside world, a young…

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6 Fun Ways To Spend a Cold, Dark Night « New Urban Habitat

Nov 10, 2010 |

        Read on the New Urban Habitat blog about six fun ways to spend a cold, dark night and get through these days of stark, depressing economic news. Read aloud to one another. Tell a story. And more suggestions for these windy nights.

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