Penguin Ireland

Penguin Ireland

Penguin Ireland

Fiction

The One I Love
Anna McPartlin
A story of friendship and love, of the families we are born into and the ones
we create for ourselves

Once Jane and Alexandra were inseparable; sharing
secrets, stolen booze and big dreams for the future. But
when Jane got pregnant at seventeen, they drifted apart.
Seventeen years later, Jane discoversAlexandra has
disappeared and she has no choice but to be there for her
old friend one more time. With her sister, Elle, and Leslie, a
reclusive computer expert, Jane sets about helping
Alexandra's broken­hearted husband to find his wife. But in
searching for Alexandra these three women are about to
confront themselves. Jane has to figure out how to stop
trying to control the world and startcaring for herself for a
change. Devil­may­care Elle has to recognize the existence
of limits. And Leslie must get to grips with a bewildering
new desire to live life to the full. As for Alexandra's husband,
Tom, well he just has to figure out what to do if they can't
find his wife. Four fractured people come together
accidentally and in one another they find strength,
friendship ­ and even thebeginnings of hope …

Pub Date October 2010
ISBN 9781844881901
Price £6.99
Format B format pb
Extent 368pp
Territory 1BCEKZ

Anna McPartlin's life and her writing are all about finding
humour and humanity in even the darkest situations. Her
experience of losing her parents at a young age has given
her a profound understanding of loss, surviving it and
making the very best of life.Before becoming a full­time
writer Anna was, among other things, a stand­up comedian
and a claims adjuster. As well as novels, she writes TV
comedy drama. She is in her mid­thirties and lives just
outside Dublin with her husband, a musician.

 
'McPartlin radiates an amazing life­affirming humour and
positivity … a superb writer' Sunday Independent
'Insightful and irresistible, by turnsprofound, poignant and
laugh­out­loud funny' Image
'McPartlin writes with insight and compassion …
enormously readable, funny and emotionally engaging' Irish
Times
'Intriguing, moving and very contemporary' Irish Independent

Penguin Ireland

Fiction

The Oh My God Delusion
Ross O'Carroll-Kelly
Ross gets to grips with the recession

The 'current economic climate' is a total downer allround,
but when you've got the Rock Boys Who've Had a Bad
Bounce of the Ball Benevolent Fund to call upon, things
can never get too bad. Ross makes the most of it by
becoming the entrepreneur behind Shred Focking
Everything, a recession­proof idea and a new
responsibility that might finally turn him into a mature,
self­sufficient and thoughtful young man. Yeah, roysh!

RossO'Carroll­Kelly is a man of the people ­ if the people
are basically birds and drop­dead focking gorgeous.
Because life is short, roysh, so you can't fock about with,
like, rolling mauls, you've got to head straight for the line.
Which is second nature to a try­scorer like me, given my
ball­handling skills. How the hell did I get so lucky? Focked
if I know.

 
'Ross is back and the world is a betterplace for it' Irish
Times
'There's a smile per paragraph, a chuckle per page, and at
least one deep belly laugh per chapter' Hot Press
'Howard captures the insanity of celebrity culture perfectly
and his pop cultural knowledge is thrilling' Sunday Tribune
'One of the great socio­comic characters of recent times'
Irish Independent

Pub Date September 2010
ISBN 9781844881758
Price £12.99Format 234 x 153mm pb
Extent 432pp
Territory 1BCEKZ

Penguin Ireland

Fiction

Pieces of My Heart
Sinead Moriarty
'Marian Keyes has for years been the undisputed queen … Sinead Moriarty is
now a worthy competitor' Sunday Independent

The modern woman is a Jill of all trades ­ wife, lover,
mother, daughter, friend, fixer, boss … it's never­ending.
Ava is juggling a life that seems...