Louise Nealon
autor
Everything That Is Beautiful
'I absolutely loved it'Marian KeyesFROM THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING, AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR OF SNOWFLAKE - AN UNFORGETTABLE STORY OF TWO FAMILIES RIVEN BY ONE GREAT SECRET. For Niamh Ryan, the Foleys are family. Her childhood flew by on their farm, playing with her best friend Peter and his sister Kate - all the while being doted on by their mother Helen and coached by their father Liam, a legendary former hurling player. Now, following a distressing series of events, the family ties are strained. Niamh receives drunken phone calls and messages from Peter who can't understand what derailed their burgeoning relationship three years ago. Meanwhile, Helen Foley is trying her best to escape her life by checking into guesthouses under the names of women she went to school with. In her life in Belfast, Kate is attempting to hold down a job and a relationship while carrying the weight of the family's secrets, and feeling like she is the one to blame. As a family wedding looms, and the women find themselves face to face, the knotty love that still binds Niamh, Helen and Kate might just bring them back together again. Told through the perspectives of three very different women, Everything That Is Beautiful unfolds the story of one complicated family in startlingly honest prose. By turns funny and deeply moving, and with unmatched emotional intelligence, this is an unforgettable story of love and family, heartbreak and hope - and who we might become after we pick up the pieces. Praise for Everything That Is Beautiful'Vivid and compelling. A big-hearted, immersive novel' Roisin O'Donnell, award-winning author of NESTING'I truly loved it. Bittersweet, wise, full of humour and heart' Grainne O'Hare, author of THIRST TRAP'A book you'll read and love, then immediately buy for those you love' Colin Walsh, number 1 bestselling author of KALA'Beautifully written, funny, emotionally complex and always quietly hopeful. I loved it' Niamh Ní Mhaoileoin, award-winning author of ORDINARY SAINTS'Fresh and engaging . . . Her characters are alive and real' Claire Gleeson, author of SHOW ME WHERE IT HURTS'I BLOODY LOVED IT. Complicated families, gorgeous fully-realised characters, heartbreak and laughter' Jennie Godfrey, bestselling author of THE LIST OF SUSPICIOUS THINGS'The Foleys will inhabit your heart long after the last page' Charleen Hurtubise, author of SAOIRSE-------------------------------------------------------From the acclaimed author of SNOWFLAKE*A number one international bestseller*Winner of Newcomer of the Year at the AN Post Irish Book Awards*A BBC Radio 4 Book at Bedtime pick*Chosen as the official read of the One Dublin One Book campaign'Wonderful and mad' Roddy Doyle'Sparks with tender charm and humour . . . Fresh, bleakly funny' Sunday Times'Tender, laugh-out-loud funny and deeply moving' Louise O'Neill
Snowflake
Debbie's brain isn't perfect. Debbie's thoughts aren't unique. Debbie's dreams are all too real.
Debbie White lives on a dairy farm with her mother, Maeve, and her uncle, Billy. Billy sleeps out in a caravan in the garden with a bottle of whiskey and the stars overhead for company. Maeve spends her days recording her dreams, which she believes to be prophecies.
This world is Debbie's normal, but she is about to step into life as a student at Trinity College Dublin. As she navigates between sophisticated new friends and the family bubble, things begin to unravel. Maeve's eccentricity tilts into something darker, while Billy's drinking gets worse. Debbie struggles to cope with the weirdest, most difficult parts of herself and her small life. But if the Whites are mad, they are also fiercely loving, and each other's true place of safety.
Startling, fresh and utterly unique, Snowflake is a story of messy families, messier friendships and how new chapters often mean starting right back at the beginning.
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Príbeh o láske a rodine, depresii i radosti a dospievaní v dvadsiatom prvom storočí. Mýticky pôsobivý debut talentovanej írskej spisovateľky.
Osemnásťročná Debbie vyrástla na mliečnej farme vzdialenej štyridsať minút – no v skutočnosti celé veky – od Dublinu. Býva s matkou Maeve, excentričkou, ktorá sa rada vyvaľuje celé dni v posteli, tvrdí, že nevie, kto je Debbin otec, a verí, že máva prorocké sny. V karavane za rohom býva ešte Maevin brat Billy, ktorý priveľa pije a rád sa na internete vydáva za nebohých slávnych spisovateľov. To sú Whiteovci, rodina plná zvláštností, ale spojená pevnou láskou a súdržnosťou. Debbie však začína nový život. Prijali ju na vysokú školu v Dubline, takže niekoľkokrát do týždňa vyráža vlakom za vzdelaním. Prvý raz sa ocitá za hranicami sveta svojho detstva a spolužiaci, a aj tempo a anonymita veľkomesta, v nej vyvolávajú úžas a sklamanie. Keď sa už začína orientovať v možnostiach, ktoré jej ponúka budúcnosť, vrátia sa jej čudesné sny – a s nimi aj tušenie, že má možno podobný osud ako Maeve. Vzápätí rodinu rozvráti tragická udalosť a Debbie zistí, že o ďalšom kroku už možno nerozhoduje sama.
Prekrásne komponovaný príbeh dospievania mladej ženy, ktorá sa učí kráčať svetom a občas ani sama nevie, kto je.
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Osemnásťročná Debbie vyrástla na mliečnej farme štyridsať minút – no v skutočnosti celé veky – od Dublinu. Býva s matkou Maeve, ktorá verí, že máva prorocké sny. V karavane za rohom býva ešte jej strýko Billy, ktorý priveľa pije a rád sa na internete vydáva za nebohých slávnych spisovateľov. Debbie však začína nový život na vysokej škole v Dubline, a tak sa prvý raz sa ocitá za hranicami sveta svojho detstva. Krásny príbeh dospievania mladej ženy, ktorá sa učí kráčať svetom a občas ani sama nevie, kto je.
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Snowflake
Eighteen-year-old Debbie White lives on a dairy farm with her mother, Maeve, and her uncle, Billy. Billy sleeps out in a caravan in the garden with a bottle of whiskey and the stars overhead for company. Maeve spends her days recording her dreams, which she believes to be prophecies.
This world is Debbie's normal, but she is about to step into life as a student at Trinity College in Dublin. As she navigates between sophisticated new friends and the family bubble, things begin to unravel. Maeve's eccentricity tilts into something darker, while Billy's drinking gets worse. Debbie struggles to cope with the weirdest, most difficult parts of herself, her family and her small life. But the fierce love of the White family is never in doubt, and Debbie discovers that even the oddest of families are places of safety.
A startling, honest, laugh and cry novel about growing up and leaving home, only to find that you've taken it with you, Snowflake is a novel for a generation, and for everyone who's taken those first, terrifying steps towards adulthood.
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