Open Door Series
Latest release: April 17, 2009
Series
5
Books
About this ebook series
An Irish emigrant in Germany tells his son about football, and about home, through nostalgia for a match played many years ago. This is the story of Euro '88, the largest football event on the continent, and the Irish team are front and center. The excitement is high for football fanatics like Eoin, Shane and Mick, all working abroad. Supporting the Irish team in Germany, they witness the highs and the lows and the cultural divides that separate fans. For these emigrant friends, home is no longer a birthplace. Home is where their team plays, and there will be many adventures on and off the field before the final whistle blows. Included in this first Open Door is "A Poet's Notebook," a selection of short poems about ordinary life by the author, with his notes on how they were written. The Open Door Series: Originally designed to promote adult literacy in Ireland, these original stories from best-loved authors and new voices showcase some of our best writing in short fiction.
In High Germany
Book 1 · Sep 2008 ·
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An Irish emigrant in Germany tells his son about football, and about home, through nostalgia for a match played many years ago. This is the story of Euro '88, the largest football event on the continent, and the Irish team are front and center. The excitement is high for football fanatics like Eoin, Shane and Mick, all working abroad. Supporting the Irish team in Germany, they witness the highs and the lows and the cultural divides that separate fans. For these emigrant friends, home is no longer a birthplace. Home is where their team plays, and there will be many adventures on and off the field before the final whistle blows. Included in this first Open Door is "A Poet's Notebook," a selection of short poems about ordinary life by the author, with his notes on how they were written. The Open Door Series: Originally designed to promote adult literacy in Ireland, these original stories from best-loved authors and new voices showcase some of our best writing in short fiction.
Maggie's Story
Book 1 · Nov 2008 ·
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Maggie is forty-three years old and looking for romance. She loves her husband, Dan, but his idea of romance is a couple of drinks at the local bar and an early night at home. Her children think she's too old to care. And she's beginning to wonder if life has passed her by. But a chance meeting changes all that, and now Maggie faces tough decisions. Can she put the spark back into her marriage, or would she be better off calling it quits? Who is most important to her? Her husband? Her children? Herself? Of her earlier novel, He's Got to Go, Publisher's Weekly wrote, "O'Flanagan manages to keep wisdom and humor at the forefront." The Open Door Series: Originally designed to promote adult literacy in Ireland, these original stories from best-loved authors and new voices showcase some of our best writing in short fiction.
Joe's Wedding
Book 2 · Jan 2009 ·
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It is the morning of Joe's wedding. He opens his eyes to find himself on a park bench beside the sea, dressed in torn tights and a cape. And that's not his only chilly awakening. Joe is in Holyhead, miles away from his wedding in Dublin. And he doesn't even remember how he got there. An old man joins him on the bench. Marty is local, so how does he know so much about Joe? And why is he so interested in talking to a stranger in a Superman suit, who clearly has no time for chit-chat? Can Marty help Joe solve his dilemma and answer the fundamental question: does he really want to get married at all?
Second Chance
Book 2 · Mar 2009 ·
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Tony O'Neill is not having a good day. He isunemployed and broke, with a wife and child to support. Even worse, he's living with his snobbish mother-in-law. They don't get along. Bridie Feeney is mad. She's just had a fight with her son-in-law and daughter. Bitter words have been spoken. But she is not going to apologize... Dave Cummins needs a fix ... bad. It's the worst day of his life. He knows he's going to do something he swore he'd never do. Sarah Collins is looking forward to a day in town. Shes been planning for ages ... then the unthinkable happens. It's a day none of them will ever forget. But for two, it's the day they get a second chance
The Builders
Book 3 · Apr 2009 ·
3.6star
Original short fiction by a beloved best-selling author on her best topic relationships. Charming novella from a masterful writer on the power of family secrets. Nan Ryan lives by herself at 14 Chestnut Road. When builders arrive to fix a deserted house next door, everyone expects the worst. But when the handsome workman looks to Nan to help unravel the mystery of the previous residents' disappearance, a strange relationship develops. With family dynamics and crooked developers in the wings, things are about to get very messy...