Kathleen MacMahon

Is there such a thing as a perfect marriage? David thought so. But when his wife Mary Rose dies suddenly he has to think again. In reliving their twenty years together David sees that the ground beneath them had shifted and he simply hadn't noticed. Or had chosen not to. Figuring out who Mary Rose really was and the secrets that she kept - some of these hidden in plain sight - makes David wonder if he really knew her. Did he even know himself? Nothing But Blue Sky is a precise and tender story of love in marriage - a gripping examination of what binds couples together and of what keeps them apart. 'What a beautiful novel ... elegant, understated, subtly powerful, and rings so perfectly true that it is easy to forget that this is a work of fiction. There are particular moments that keep occurring to me unbidden at the oddest times - beautiful, poignant moments, drawn with such quiet power. And that quiet power is alive and at work on every page' Donal Ryan 'Gentle and triumphant, MacMahon offers us a novel steeped in beautiful prose and poignant tenderness' Anne Griffin, author of When All Is Said

Nothing But Blue Sky

Ireland . . . America . . . Family secrets . . . Laughter . . . Tragedy . . . Swimming . . . Dogs . . . Big beaches . . . Loneliness . . . A story of unexpected, life-changing love

This is how it Ends

Nine Lives. Four Generations. One Family. The MacEntees are no ordinary family. Determined to be different from other people, they have carved out a place for themselves in Irish life by the sheer force of their personalities. But when a series of misfortunes befall them over the course of one long hot summer, even the MacEntees will struggle to make sense of who they are. As media storms rage about them and secrets rise to the surface, Deirdre plans a family party for her 80th birthday-and with it one final, shocking surprise. From Kathleen MacMahon, the Number One bestselling author of This is How it Ends, comes this powerful and poignant novel capturing a moment in the life of one family.

A Novel

The Long, Hot Summer

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From the Women's Prize longlisted author of Nothing But Blue Sky 'The home scar - that's what they call the mark limpets make on the rock when they return.' 'Wait, they leave the rock?' 'Of course. How else would they survive? On opposite sides of the world, half-siblings Cassie and Christo have built their lives around work, intent on ignoring their painful past. When a dramatic storm in Galway hits the headlines, they're drawn back there to revisit a glorious childhood summer, the last before their mother died. But their journey uncovers memories of a far less happy summer - one that had tragic consequences. Confronted with the havoc their mother left in her wake, Cassie and Christo are forced to face their past and - ready or not - to deal with the messy tangle of parental love and neglect that shaped them. The Home Scar is a luminous and precise story about the inheritance of loss and the possibility of finally making peace with it. _________ 'Subtle and authentic' Claire Fuller 'A gorgeous story of sibling love. I thoroughly enjoyed following Cassie and Christo's quest to discover the tangled roots of a past that binds them together' Louise Nealon 'Kathleen MacMahon's subject is memory itself: how we remember - and the impact upon our future lives when our memories deceive us. Compassionate and poignant, The Home Scar is a work of considerable moral power' Neil Hegarty 'A very grown-up novel about life and love, of course, and above all, the repercussions of a disrupted childhood . . . a real tour de force' Christine Dwyer Hickey

from the Women’s Prize-longlisted author of Nothing But Blue Sky

The Home Scar

Adeline wandelt elke dag met haar hond langs de zee, zorgt voor haar vader en trekt baantjes in het zwembad. Ze is een werkloze architecte die zich bij haar singlebestaan heeft neergelegd. Bruno is een Amerikaanse ex-bankier die in Ierland rondreist op zoek naar invulling van zijn leven. Geen van beiden had verwacht de ware nog te vinden, maar hun liefde ontvlamt direct bij de eerste ontmoeting. De weken die volgen zijn de gelukkigste uit hun leven. Dan gebeurt het ondenkbare: Adeline blijkt kanker te hebben en haar vooruitzichten zijn niet goed. desondanks wil Bruno niets liever dan met haar trouwen.En toen vond ik jou is een schitterende, hartverscheurende roman over het vinden van de perfecte liefde, de kracht van optimisme en het onherroepelijke afscheid van het leven.

En toen vond ik jou

Vinteren 2008. Den globale økonomien har nettopp kollapset og Bruno Boylan, 49, en newyorker av irsk avstamning, mister jobben. Han bestemmer seg for endelig å utforske sitt slektstre og forfedrenes hjemland. Irske Addie Murphy, 38, er en fjern slektning. Hun er en arbeidsledig arkitekt og tilbringer dagene med å ta vare på sin far som har brukket begge armene etter å ha blitt felt i bakken av Addies hund. Da hun treffer den erkeamerikanske og pågående slektsforskeren Bruno, virker det som om livet hennes er en nedadgående spiral. Kathleen MacMahon er tidligere radio- og fjernsynsjournalist hos RTE, den nasjonale fjernsynskanalen i Irland. Hun er barnebarnet til den anerkjente forfatteren Mary Lavin.

Og så kom du

Irland ... USA ... familjehemligheter ... skratt ... tragedi ... simning ... hundar ... vidsträckta stränder ... ensamhet ... en berättelse om en oväntad kärlek som förändrar livet för alltid ... Vintern 2008. Den globala ekonomin har just kollapsat och det råder stor spänning kring det amerikanska presidentvalet. Bruno Boylan, 49, en New York-bo med irländskt ursprung, förlorar jobbet när Lehman Brothers går under och han bestämmer sig äntligen för att besöka landet som hans förfäder kom från. Den irländska arkitekten Addie Murphy, 38, är en avlägsen släkting. Hennes liv befinner sig i en nedåtgående spiral. Hon är arbetslös och tillbringar dagarna med att ta hand om sin far och gå långa strand - promenader med sin hund. När hon möter Bruno förstår hon att den här relationen kommer att förändra hennes liv för alltid ... ... överraskande, rolig och underhållande men också sorglig. Och väldigt, väldigt bra. – RICHARD MADELEY I RICHARD & JUDY BOOKCLUB OM VALET AV MÅNADENS BOK ... har ”framtida klassiker” skrivet över sig med stora bokstäver. – GLAMOUR

Och så kom du

Ein Mann kommt nach Irland, auf der Suche nach seinen Wurzeln – Bruno, fast 50 Jahre alt und desillusioniert. Die Karriere des Amerikaners wurde jäh beendet, und er steht vor dem Nichts. Da begegnet ihm Addie, verletzt und verletzlich. Vom Leben enttäuscht, tröstet sie sich mit Schwimmen und langen Spaziergängen am Meer mit ihrem Hund. Zunächst erkennt sie Bruno nicht als das, was er ist: die Liebe ihres Lebens. Vorsichtig nur, tastend und voller Angst bewegen sich die beiden aufeinander zu und erleben das Wunder der Liebe. Doch da ist es beinahe schon zu spät ...

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