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Part of the Open Door series of short books for emerging readers, now translated for the first time into Irish with the support of An Chomhairle um Oideachas Gaeltachta agus Gaelscolaíochta, and ideal for learners of the Irish language.

Drosjesjåføren Vinnie sitter igjen alene med to barn etter at kona har flyttet ut. En bipolar lidelse og alkoholproblemer gjør at hun ikke takler morsrollen, og hun har valgt å forlate dem. Ingen vet om hun kommer tilbake, og den lille familien prøver så godt de kan å takle sin nye hverdag. ¨Ellen er hardt skadet etter en bilulykke året i forveien, hvor hun mistet ektemannen og deres ufødte barn. Hun aner ikke hvordan hun skal komme seg videre. En dag kommer hun i prat med Vinnie, taxisjåføren som kjører henne til ukentlig fysioterapi. Denne samtalen vil forandre livene deres for alltid.

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Perfect for fans of Katie Marsh and Melissa HillDara Flood always says the most interesting thing about her life happened before she was born. Thirteen days before she came into the world, her father walked up the road and never came back.Now in her twenties, she lives a quiet life with her mother and sister Angel and works at the local dog pound - she finds dogs much easier to understand than people. But when Angel gets sick and neither Dara nor her mother is a match for the kidney she desperately needs, Dara knows she will do anything to save Angel - even track down the man who left them behind.So with the help of a rather surprising private investigator, Dara steps anxiously in to the big wide world with a dream of finding Mr Flood.But as you know, following your dreams can lead you to unexpected places . . .

Meet Scarlett O Hara. In her life, everything goes according to plan. Until now . . . Now, Scarlett is back in her childhood home with her plan in tatters and a baby on the way, while John Smith actuary, proper grown-up and Scarlett s boyfriend has left her to join an archaeological dig in a tiny village somewhere in Brazil. But that s not the worst bit. The worst bit is she can t be sure who the father of the baby is . . . even though she s slept with exactly four-and-a-half men in her entire 35 years. As a distraction, Scarlett throws herself into her job as a wedding planner, but even that s not going smoothly. Because of her growing feelings for her most important client s husband-to-be . . . In the end it s the person she thought she knew best herself who surprises her the most. Join Scarlett as she tries, for the first time ever, to navigate life without a plan.

Emotional and uplifting - a novel about the true power of friendship.'A superb writer - the Irish Jojo Moyes' Irish Examiner

An ordinary day. An ordinary bank. An ordinary street in an ordinary town. Nothing ever happens, until, one day, a shocking robbery turns life upside down for five people: Cillian, a police detective,Martha, the woman he thought was the life of his life,Tobias, who came to Ireland after WWII and now lies in a coma, shot in the bank robbery,Roman, the young Polish teenager who is suspected of pulling the triggerand his mother Rosa, the cleaner, who dreamed of a better life for herself and her son . . . . . . and things will never be ordinary again.Ciara Geraghty's writing has that rare ability to make you laugh out loud as well as cry. She combines tangled human relationships with humour, romance and warmth to create something truly special.

Part of the Open Door series of short books for emerging readers.

Vinnie is an ordinary man. Ellen is an ordinary woman. Ellen is unable to move on after a terrible accident that left her mentally and physically scarred. Taxi driver Vinnie is struggling to cope with bringing up two children on his own. Everyone deserves to find that one person who's meant for them, don't they? Fall in love with the story of Vinnie and Ellen. Because ordinary lives can be extraordinary.

It all started with a bottle of Baileys that was a year out of date but I drank it anyway ...One minute, well, Friday night, you're in a long-term if long-distance relationship with the perfect Shane. The next, Saturday morning, you're waking up in bed with the mother of all hangovers ...and Bernard O'Malley, newest member of the I.T. department. Another entry on the list of things you can't forgive yourself for. The worst is Spain. What you did there. And what happened to your brother. Ever since then, life has slowly spiralled out of control. You dust yourself down, have a cigarette and pull on your stiletto boots. But you know that something's got to give. You just hope it's not the zip on your skinny jeans ...