| LIST A (continued) Dublin people A young country girl comes to live and work in Dublin. Jo is determined to be modern and independent, and to have a wonderful time. But life in a big city is full of strange surprises for a shy country girl … Gerry Moore is a man with a problem – alcohol. He knows he must give it up, and his family and friends watch nervously as he battles against it. But drink is a hard enemy to fight … These stories by the Irish writer Maeve Binchy are full of affectionate humour and wit, and sometimes a little sadness. Deadheads An English rose garden on a summer’s day. A small boy watches with interest as his great-aunt cuts the deadheads off the rosebushes with a sharp knife. What could be more peaceful, more harmless ? Young Patrick grows up to be a calm, pleasant man, with a good job, a wife and two children, and the best rose garden for miles around. When somebody tells the police that Patrick Aldermann is killing people, Chief Superintendent Dalziel thinks it’s probably all nonsense. But Inspector Pascoe is not so sure … The woman in white The woman in white first appears at night on a lonely heath near London and is next seen at a grave side in Cumberland. Who is she ? Where has she come from, and what is her history ? She seems alone and friendless, frightened and confused. And it seems she knows a secret – a secret that could bring ruin and shame to a man who will do anything to keep her silent. This famous mystery thriller by Wilkie Collins has excitement, suspense, romance and a plot that twists and turns on every page. |
| The joy luck club There are so many things that a mother wishes to teach her daughter. How to lose your innocence but not your hope. How to keep hoping, when hope is your only joy. How to laugh forever. This is the story of four mothers and their daughters – Chinese-American women, the mothers born in China, and the daughters born in America. Through their eyes we see life in pre-Revolutionary China, and life in downtown San Francisco ; women struggling to find a cultural identity that can include a past and a future half a world apart. |
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