Jennifer Johnston Knihy

Helen has retreated to the remote north-west coast of Ireland to paint the sea and the shore, and to be alone with her past. English war hero Roger Hawthorne has settled in the neglected railway station house nearby. Mutilated and sick at heart, with the help of a young lad he has begun painstakingly to restore the derelict branch line station. Soon Roger and Helen form a bond which, over gramophone music, dancing and champagne, deepens into love. But Helen, enjoying her first taste of happiness in years, is to learn just how brutally fleeting it can be.

Ve středu pozornosti irské spisovatelky Jennider Johnstonové, kterou znají naši čtenáři z novely Opuštěné nádraží, jsou nečekaná osudová přátelství, která na pozadí dramatických dějin její země vypovídají o podstatě lidské přirozenosti a lidském údělu. Osud starého pána, jehož svět je zalidněn postavami minulosti – jeho zanedbanou ženou, chladným, netečným otcem a atraktivní matkou, milující jeho bratra – je náhle narušen příchodem drzého venkovského zrzka, jenž příslibem přátelství zažene stíny minulosti. Elegantní, subtilní, mistrovská, dojemná, to jsou přívlastky, kterými kritika charakterizovala tuto prózu, evokující naše osobní selhání, odpuštění i naději.

Constance Keating has lived a life of exile alienated from her family and from Ireland. Now she has returned home to die. While that process takes place she replays the fragments of her past. And, as the Christmas tree awaits its day, so she also waits, hoping that the outcome will be on her terms.

As a child Alec, heir to the big house and only son of a bitter marriage, formed a close friendship with Jerry, a village boy who shared his passion for horses. In 1914 both enlisted in the British Army - Alec goaded by his beautiful, cold mother to fight for King and Country, Jerry to learn his trade for the Irish Nationalist cause. But amid the mud of Flanders, their relationship is tested by an ordeal beyond the horror of the battlefield...

Málokdo dokáže vyjádřit smutný osud Irska a skloubit ve své tvorbě soukromé problémy s politickými – navíc s humorem a bez náznaku sentimentality – jako Jennifer Johnstonová. Stíny na kůži jsou příběhem mladého Joa Logana, kterého trýzní neustálé požadavky jeho otce, někdejšího hrdiny a nyní slabého, vyčerpaného muže. Ve škole Joe jen sní v očekávání lepších časů, kdy utichne střelba a noci už nebudou plné děsivého strachu. Porozumění a kamarádství najde u Katheen, učitelky z nedaleké školy. Když se ale náhle vrátí z Londýna jeho starší bratr Brendan se zbraní a spoustou tajemství, pocítí Joe děsivou brutalitu války a jeho snům je provždy konec.

What starts as a class trip to the aquarium ends in the depths of the ocean, where the class has to escape from the jaws of a great white shark. Ms. Frizzle teaches the class about different shark species, including the goblin shark, angel shark, and the enormous whale shark. Illustrations.

In 1920, 18-year old Nancy Gulliver befriends a mysterious stranger and unwittingly becomes involved in the bloody conflict between the English and the Irish. (Nancy Pearl)

Avery isn't everyone's idea of a model Presbyterian minister. A Velvet Underground fan and student of stand-up comedy, the former bank-worker can't quite get used to being ?Reverend?. Then there's his difficulty remembering biblical quotations . . .Despite all this, Avery has absolute faith in his ability always to know the right thing to do. Until, that is, a man appears in his east Belfast church and confesses to murder. The only problem is ? this man can't remember where, when or why he killed. Avery commits himself to finding out the truth of what happened, but if this stranger seems hampered by the limitations of his own memory, then the minister's hands are tied by his professional and personal responsibilities ? and, as Avery soon realizes, neglecting his own concerns could have disastrous consequences .

"Annie's father is dead. She isn't sorry. A rich and domineering man, his chief passion was money and, long ago, when his lovely, fragile wife died suddenly, he set Annie to school in England and insisted that her mother was never mentioned again. But now his tyranny is over. And so Annie returns to Dublin, to the family house she hates, and discovers that, just when she thought she was free of her father, he has left her the house and intends her to live as he would have wished. Does she dare to defy him one more time? And whom can she trust to tell her the truth about her mother's life, and death".

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