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- Evening Class (1997)
Binchy, Maeve
- Twice a week they meet in the drab classroom, in a run-down Dublin neighborhood, for the evening class in Italian. Students of all ages, whose quiet lives hide unexpected things, are brought together and their lives transformed by their newfound friendships and common dream of Italy.
- Finbar's Hotel (1999)
Bolger, Dermott (editor)
- On the eve of its destruction, seven Irish novelists use their imaginations to relive one last night at the once-famous, but now decrepit Dublin Hotel. In this very Irish atmosphere, each writer brings to life a chapter in the tale of seven different guests and their eclectic evening filled with nostalgia, humor and love.
- Rose Garden (2000)
Brennan, Maeve
- Glimpse back into the world of Irish maids and mistresses in this collection of delightfully addictive tales told by longtime 1950's New Yorker staff writer, Maeve Brennan. Mid-century stories of an exclusive Hudson society come to life - complete with domestic disasters, bruised egos, and humorous recountings of the night before - both on the terrace and behind the scenes.
- Death of an Irish Seawolf (1996)
Gill, Bartholomew
- A mysterious stranger arrives in a violent storm, stalking Clement Ford, a longtime, well-loved resident of a foreboding and desolate island in the North Sea. What secret from their past do the two men share?
- An Irish Eye (1997)
Hawkes, John
- As an infant, Dervla O'Shannon is left at the door of Saint Martha's home for foundlings. At the home, she grows to puberty and she falls in love with an aging soldier. Here their adventure begins. The perfect Irish brogue adds to the charm of their story.
- All Souls: A Family Story from Southie (2000)
MacDonald, Michael
- As a keen observer in this memoir of growing up in the Irish housing projects of South Boston, MacDonald tells of 1970s daily life amid the highest concentration of impoverished whites in the U.S. Though besieged by organized crime and a drug culture that was destroying their youth (MacDonald lost four of his eight siblings to violence), the fiercely loyal community denied the existence of these problems in their neighborhoods. MacDonald now works on multiracial social projects and with anti-violence community groups.
- Banyan Tree (1999)
Nolan, Christopher
- 85 year-old widow Millie O'Brien struggles through daily chores to maintain the rural family farm she shared with her husband and three children before they grew and ventured beyond Ireland. Through flashbacks full of folklore, a tale is told of a simple life and the changes brought to the Irish countryside by the twentieth century.
- The Mammy (1999)
O'Carroll, Brendan
- Agnes Brown, a recently widowed mammy, is determined enough to raise seven children, wheel her fruit stand to the local street market every morning, gossip viciously with her best pal Marion, and still daydream about dancing with a famous singer.
- My Dream of You (2001)
O'Faolain, Nuala
- Although a professionally successful travel writer, Irish-born Kathleen's search for passion has led to a recently decreasing number of one-night stands. Following the untimely death of her best friend, Kathleen decides to return to Ireland and write the book she has been pondering for years - a true story in 1856 of a scandalous affair between the wife of an Anglo-Irish landlord and their stable hand.
- Houseguest (2000)
Rossi, Agnes
- Grief-stricken and recently widowed Edward Devlin leaves behind Ireland and his six-year old daughter, setting out for America as the Great Depression looms.
- Woman of the House (1999)
Taylor, Alice
- Now that Ned Phelan has been killed in a riding accident, what will happen to the County Cork family farm Ned inherited from his drunken father Billy? Will his sister Kate, an aspiring schoolteacher, be able to save their rural home and way of life or will it be seized by the their unscrupulous neighbors, with whom they've been feuding for generations?
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