Eithne Shortall

A BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK ___________________________ 'Funny, endearing, mysterious and outrageous, this book is wildly entertaining and hugely enjoyable.' Liz Nugent, author of Unravelling Oliver From the bestselling, prize-winning author of Love in Row 27 and Grace After Henry ___________________________ On the idyllic Pine Road, three women are looking for a fresh start... Martha was a force of nature, but since moving to Dublin under mysterious circumstances, she can't seem to find her footing. Robin was the 'it' girl in school. Now she's back at her parents' with her four-year-old, vowing that her ex is out of the picture for good. Edie has the perfect life, but she longs for a baby, the acceptance of her neighbours, and to find out why her dream husband is avoiding their dream future. The friendships of these women will change their lives forever, revealing the secrets, rivalries and scandals that hide behind every door... ______________________________ 'Liane Moriarty meets Maeve Binchy meets Marian Keyes. I laughed, I cried, I shuddered, I was agog. This book is going to knock people's socks off.' Jo Spain, author of The Confession

‘Liane Moriarty meets Maeve Binchy meets Marian Keyes.’ Jo Spain, author of The Confession

Three Little Truths

A quirky love story set in Dublin that's perfect for fans of PS, I Love You and Jojo Moyes, Grace After Henry is a funny, heartfelt debut novel about one woman learning what it means to move on and to let go When her fiancé, Henry Walsh, is killed in a freak biking accident, Grace feels like she's lost her own shadow. For five years, they'd been inseparable: five years of the most rollicking, soul-finding love Grace thought any two people could share. In his absence, Grace picks up the pieces of her life: She moves into the dream house they bought together, she returns to work as a chef, she watches TV with her nosy elderly neighbor, but through it all she's ever aware of the Henry-shaped hole in her life. Until his long-lost twin brother knocks on her door. Andy is Henry, and yet he's not quite. Newly arrived in Dublin on his own search for answers, he makes Grace's loss feel both greater and smaller. Soon Grace isn't sure if she's learning to let go or becoming desperate to hold on. Filled with a warm and zany cast of characters all searching for a sense of home, Grace After Henry is a funny, tender, and bittersweet story about love, loss, and second chances.

Grace After Henry

Their school is about to be taught a lesson... Beverley Franklin will do whatever it takes to protect her local school's reputation. So when a scandal involving her own daughter threatens to derail the annual school musical's appearance on national television, Beverley goes into overdrive. But in her efforts to protect her daughter and keep the musical on track, she misses what's really going, both in her own house and in the insular Glass Lake community - with dramatic consequences. Glass Lake primary school's reputation is about to be shattered... 'Eithne Shortall mixes humour and tragedy with a deftness reminiscent of Marian Keyes' Irish Times

A perfect read for fans of Motherland and Catastrophe

It Could Never Happen Here

Grace sieht ihren Freund Henry überall: zu Hause, im Supermarkt, auf der Straße. Doch Henry ist tot. Er starb vor zwei Monaten und hinterließ ein riesiges Loch in Graces Leben und in ihrem Herzen. Dann lernt sie Andy kennen, der eine frappierende Ähnlichkeit mit Henry hat. Und diesmal halluziniert Grace nicht – der Mann sieht wirklich aus wie ihre verstorbene große Liebe. Grace ist fasziniert von dem Fremden. Kann sie das, was zwischen ihr und Henry war, auch für Andy empfinden? Oder wäre das Verrat an dem Mann, der ihr alles bedeutete? Der neue Roman der irischen Erfolgsautorin Eithne Shortall: über 30.000 verkaufte Exemplare von »Liebe in Reihe 27« Mit Henry verliert Grace alles, was ihr wichtig ist. Was bleibt, sind ihre gemeinsamen Träume und die unerwarteten Dinge, die im Leben manchmal passieren ... Eine wunderschöne Balance zwischen Trauer und berührender Leichtigkeit »Überraschend und bestärkend.« Jill Santopolo

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Love in Row 27

You can choose your friends; you can leave a relationship... but you can't get away from your neighbours.

Love in Row 27 What happens when Cupid plays co-pilot? Still reeling from a break-up, Cora Hendricks has given up on ever finding love. For herself, that is. To pass the time while working the Aer Lingus check-in desk at Heathrow, Cora begins to play cupid with high-flying singles. Using only her intuition, the internet, and glamorous flight attendant accomplice Nancy, Row 27 becomes Cora's laboratory of love. Instead of being seated randomly, two unwitting passengers on each flight find themselves next to the person of their dreams - or not. Cora swears Row 27 is just a bit of fun, but while she's busy making sparks fly at cruising altitude, the love she'd given up on for herself just might have landed right in front of her... Grace After Henry Grace sees her boyfriend Henry everywhere. In the supermarket, on the street, at the graveyard. Only Henry is dead. He died two months earlier, leaving a huge hole in Grace's life and in her heart. But then a man who looks uncannily like Henry turns up to fix her boiler one day. Grace isn't hallucinating - he really does look exactly like Grace's lost love. Grace becomes captivated by this stranger, Andy. Reminded of everything she once had, can Grace recreate that lost love or does loving Andy mean letting go of Henry?

Love in Row 27, Grace After Henry

Eithne Shortall Two-Book Collection

Big Little Lies meets One Plus One in this story of three women neighbors looking for a fresh start, and the love affairs, rivalries, and scandals found on the other side of the white picket fence. One happy street. Three pretty houses. So many lies. Martha used to be a force of nature: calm, collected, and in charge. But since moving her husband and two daughters to Dublin under sudden and mysterious circumstances, she can't seem to find her footing. Robin was the "it" girl in school, destined for success. Now she's back at her parents' with her four-year-old son, vowing that her ne'er-do-well ex is out of the picture for good. Edie has everything she could want, apart from a baby, and the acceptance of her new neighbors. She longs to be one of the girls, and to figure out why her perfect husband seems to be avoiding their perfect future. Three women looking for a fresh start on idyllic Pine Road. Their friendship will change their lives and reveal secrets they never imagined.

Winner of The Big Book Awards: The Best Page Turners, 2018 Shortlisted for the Popular Fiction Book of the Year: The Irish Book Awards, 2018 An Irish Independent Book of the year, 2018 Grace sees her boyfriend Henry everywhere. In the supermarket, on the street, at the graveyard. Only Henry is dead. He died two months earlier, leaving a huge hole in Grace's life and in her heart. But then Henry turns up to fix the boiler one evening, and Grace can't decide if she's hallucinating or has suddenly developed psychic powers. Grace isn't going mad - the man in front of her is not Henry at all, but someone else who looks uncannily like him. The hole in Grace's heart grows ever larger. Grace becomes captivated by this stranger, Andy - to her, he is Henry, and yet he is not. Reminded of everything she once had, can Grace recreate that lost love with Andy, resurrecting Henry in the process, or does loving Andy mean letting go of Henry?

Winner of The Big Book Awards 2018

Irish Independent's Books of the Year 2017 What happens when Cupid plays co-pilot? Still reeling from a break-up, Cora Hendricks has given up on ever finding love. For herself, that is. To pass the time while working the Aer Lingus check-in desk at Heathrow, Cora begins to play cupid with high-flying singles. Using only her intuition, the internet, and glamorous flight attendant accomplice Nancy, Row 27 becomes Cora's laboratory of love. Instead of being seated randomly, two unwitting passengers on each flight find themselves next to the person of their dreams - or not. Cora swears Row 27 is just a bit of fun, but while she's busy making sparks fly at cruising altitude, the love she'd given up on for herself just might have landed right in front of her...

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