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March 2023: Top o' the Bookshelf to Ya!
Hot Potatoes!
New Irish-Related Fiction
- DB107079 - Dance in Donegal by Jennifer Deibel. Set in the 1920s, a young woman moves to Ireland to teach in a village school and uncover her family's secrets.
- DB106837 - Brigid of Kildare by Heather Terrell. Historical fiction about Saint Brigid in 5th century Ireland, her work with illuminated manuscripts, and her conflict with the church.
- DB107821 - 56 days by Catherine Ryan Howard. A mystery set during the COVID-19 lockdown; a couple moves in together, but there are secrets.
- DB109147/BR24266 - Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan. Christmas story set in the 1980s, a hardworking man in a small Irish town is driven by events to question the church.
- DB99917 - Guest List by Lucy Foley. In this mystery, set at a wedding reception on an island off the coast of Ireland, someone ends up dead, and the guests need to figure out why.
- DB101158 / BR 23485 - The Mountains Wild (Maggie D'arcy series) by Sarah Stewart Taylor. New York detective returns to Ireland to locate her missing cousin.
Irish You Were Here
Travel To and From Ireland
- DBF04919 - Irish published by Pimsleur. Instruction for learning the Irish language, Gaelic.
- DBG04435 - A Pilgrim in Ireland: A Quest for Home by Frances Greenslade. A spiritual memoir of the author's travels to Ireland in search of her family roots.
- DB44496 - Voices in Ireland: A Traveller's Literary Companion by P. J. Kavanagh. History and legends of Ireland and their unique language and culture.
- DB104271 - The Tour (Tour series) by Jean Grainger. Modern fiction about a tour guide and the unique folks who take his tours.
- DBC11041 - Irish in Michigan by Seamus P. Metress and Eileen K. Metress. History and impact of Irish immigrants and their communities in Michigan.
When Irish Eyes are Farming
Irish Farming Memoirs and Novels
- DB101058 - We Were Rich and We Didn't Know It: A Memoir of My Irish Boyhood by Tom Phelan. Memoir of life growing up on an Irish farm in the 1940s.
- DBC06171 / BR15154 - Blessed are the Cheesemakers by Sarah-Kate Lynch. Humorous fiction set on a small dairy farm producing cheese with a sweet love story thrown in.
- DB95371 - The Farmer's Son: Calving Season on a Family Farm by John Connell. Memoir of a wayward son returning home to help on the family cattle farm in Ireland.
- DB62228 - The Banyan Tree by Christopher Nolan. A novel that chronicles the hardscrabble life of Minnie O’Brien and the lengths she will go to support her far flung children.
- DBC16994 / BR08335 - O Come Ye Back to Ireland: Our First Year in County Clare by Niall Williams & Christine Breen. Memoir of a married couple who leave New York City and move to a country farm to write, paint, and learn about a quieter way of life.
These books and more are available on digital cartridge (call the Library at 1-800-992-9012 to order) or for download from the National Library Service's (NLS) online Braille Audio Reading Download (BARD) database: https://nlsbard.loc.gov/
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