44 - a Dublin Memoir

Biographies & Memoirs

Peter Sheridan

Arts & Literature

Pan Books

When Philo knocks on the door of the Good Shephard convent seeking sanctuary from her husband Tommo, it`s not just her own life she`s about to overhaul. Swearing and smoking like a trooper, she sticks out like a sore thumb amidst all that convent holiness, but to both the nuns and the OAPs at the day-care centre, whose bitternesses and loves have been simmering away for years, Philo`s earthiness and honesty bring just the kind of lifeforce they`ve been missing.While fighting a battle with her weight and a war with social services, who`ve temporarily placed her children in a local orphange, Philo artlessly manages to heal social rifts that have split the community and her family for years. Sheridan`s charming debut novel is beautifully characterised and alive with the sights and sounds of Dublin`s North Wall. In turns moving, hilarious, raw and heart-warming, this gem of a story is hard to resist.

Big Fat Love

Literature & Fiction

Contemporary

Forty-Seven Roses

Memoirs

Macmillan

When Peter Sheridan's father died unexpectedly, the loss devastated his close-knit family.  It soon became apparent that, for over forty-seven years, Peter's father had maintained a relationship - mainly on paper - with another woman, Doris.  She first met him in the 1940s and kept up a correspondence that would span five decades, secretly hoping against hope that eventually Peter's father would be hers.  Sheridan has written a moving account of his parents' relationship, from their first encounter over a poker game to their final, happy days in retirement.  But he also tackles the difficult subject of Doris, a shadowy partner in their marriage.

Forty-seven Roses

Pan/Macmillan

Tivoli

Isis Large Print Books

Sydney Art Deco

Arts & Photography

History & Criticism

Big Fat Love : A Novel

Philo's mouth is always getting her into trouble - it's either food going in or profanities coming out. But when she turns up at the Good Shepherd convent looking for a bed, Sister Rosaleen finds she can't say no. And as it becomes clear that Philo needs to escape a troubled past, the nuns allow her into their lives and the

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