Ciara Geraghty Poradie kníh

Manchmal braucht das Glück eine zweite Chance ... Nach einer schrecklichen Familientragödie verließ Marianne ihr Elternhaus in Irland für immer. Doch als ihr Leben Jahre später aus den Fugen gerät, muss sie in das baufällige Haus am Meer zurückkehren, in dem ihre Mutter Rita, eine exzentrische Künstlerin und trockene Alkoholikerin, noch immer lebt und eine kleine, schräge Gruppe an Ex-Alkoholikern versammelt. Obwohl Marianne anfangs zu allen auf Distanz geht, kann sie sich der liebenswerten Gemeinschaft nicht lange entziehen. Aber gerade als Marianne sich auch ihrer Mutter annähert, erfährt sie von einem streng gehüteten Geheimnis – und ihre Hoffnung auf einen Neuanfang scheint verloren ...

Úsměvná a vtipná kniha s prudce okouzlující hrdinkou aneb Bridget Jonesová s baseballovou pálkou v ruce se naplno vrhá do menopauzy! Padesátiletá Agatha Doyleová miluje své prázdné hnízdo – dokud se proti ní nespiknou návaly horka, podpatky, co ji chtějí zabít, a jeden protivný muž, který pořád mluví, aby změnil její život. Až se v jediném okamžiku šílenství nevědomky stane hrdinkou žen na celém světě. Jenže může se stát hrdinkou i svého vlastního života? Někdy je to zkrátka potřeba zvládnout.

She's earned her stripes. But the hive's misbehaving . . .

It's the last place she wants to be. It's the only place left to go . . . 'Hugely entertaining...an instantly engaging read, what you might get if you mixed Jojo Moyes with Marian Keyes' Sunday Independent 'A fabulous read...you're immediately immersed' Sheila O'Flanagan, bestselling author of The Women Who Ran Away 'A superb writer - the Irish Jojo Moyes' Irish Examiner 'Ciara Geraghty is a wonderful writer' Hazel Gaynor, author of the Irish Times bestseller, The Bird in the Bamboo Cage Marianne left home when she was fifteen following a family tragedy, one that changed all their lives. She never planned to return. But when her carefully controlled life falls apart, she has no choice but to return to Ancaire, the ramshackle house overlooking the Irish Sea, where her mother, Rita, a flamboyant artist and recovering alcoholic still lives. As her mother invites her to pull up a chair and make herself at home, alongside the friends, family and neighbours who wander its rooms. Marianne discovers that sometimes home isn't a house, it's a place in your heart. Set on the wild Irish coast, with an unforgettable cast of characters, this deeply emotional novel is full of Ciara Geraghty's trademark heart and poignancy.

When Marianne's carefully constructed life and marriage fall apart, she is forced to return to Ancaire, the ramshackle seaside house perched high on a cliff by the Irish Sea. There she must rebuild her relationship with her mother, Rita, a flamboyant artist and recovering alcoholic who lives by her own rules. Marianne left home when she was fifteen following a traumatic and tragic incident. She never planned to return, and now she has to face the fact that some plans don't work out the way you wanted them to. But she might just discover that, sometimes, you have to come to terms with the story of your past before you can work out the shape of the future..

Dojemný príbeh o priateľstve a ceste, ktorú si vyberá každý sám. Iris predsa miluje život, to je holý fakt. Čo ak na to len pozabudla? Niekedy sa to stáva, nie? Aj tým najlepším z nás. Stačí, ak jej ten holý fakt pripomeniem.Iris a Terry sú už roky najlepšie priateľky. Zdieľajú spolu životné strasti aj radosti a poznajú sa navzájom lepšie ako rodné sestry. Keď jedného dňa Terry nájde Irisin dom prázdny, okamžite vie, že sa niečo stalo. Potvrdí to aj list na rozlúčku, v ktorom Iris priznáva svoje úmysly. Hoci život vždy vychutnávala plnými dúškami, strach z nevyliečiteľnej choroby ju vedie do Švajčiarska na známu kliniku, odkiaľ sa už neplánuje vrátiť. S tým sa však Terry odmieta zmieriť, a tak sa so svojím staručkým otcom Eugenom vydáva za ňou. A hoci si myslela, že o živote vie už takmer všetko, s prekvapením zistí, že stále je čo objavovať, že priateľstvá nás učia pokore aj odvahe a že pravidlá sú niekedy na to, aby sa porušovali.

An ordinary day. An ordinary bank. An ordinary street in an ordinary town. Nothing ever happens, until, one day, a shocking robbery turns life upside down for five people: Cillian, a police detective, Martha, the woman he thought was the life of his life, Tobias, who came to Ireland after WWII and now lies in a coma, shot in the bank robbery, Roman, the young Polish teenager who is suspected of pulling the trigger and his mother Rosa, the cleaner, who dreamed of a better life for herself and her son . . . . . . and things will never be ordinary again. Ciara Geraghty's writing has that rare ability to make you laugh out loud as well as cry. She combines tangled human relationships with humour, romance and warmth to create something truly special.

Part of the Open Door series of short books for emerging readers, now translated for the first time into Irish with the support of An Chomhairle um Oideachas Gaeltachta agus Gaelscolaiochta, and ideal for learners of the Irish language.

Forty-two-year-old Vinnie knows lots of things. He knows new books and school shoes are expensive. He knows his teenage daughter keeps getting into trouble and he knows his seven-year-old has wet the bed every night for over a year. What Vinnie doesn't know is whether his wife is coming back, or if he will ever get better at single fatherhood. Ellen knows that what happened in the accident was all her fault. She knows she's too scared to get behind the wheel of a car ever again and she knows that some scars are harder to hide than others. What Ellen doesn't know is how to move on. And she doesn't know anything about Vinnie, the taxi driver who drives her to physiotherapy every week. And neither of them knows they're going to change the other's life forever.