Bücher von Mary Murphy

Does she hail from a matriarchal lineage of madwomen? Or an ancestry of female power and purpose? Norah's life and novelist career are thriving and her once solitary existence is opening to a newfound love; but her enduring desire for a deep connection with her often dismissive mother, Úla, still feels elusive. After the mysterious disappearance of her grandmother, Norah finds a peculiar box while sorting the contents of her Nana's old barn. This recovery turns Norah's life into a whirlwind of discovery. Secrets and revelations pour forth from a mysterious family diary that details the intricately connected stories and lives of her foremothers.Falling under the spell of the Irish Seannachí (storytellers), Norah must ignore the laws of logic as she journeys into ancient traditions and long-hidden ways of knowing. Through the process Úla, unravels the puzzle of her own tumultuous maternal relationship as she and Norah work to repair theirs. When Úla unexpectedly finds herself at death's door, Norah must risk testing ancient ceremonial traditions for new world solutions to save her mother. Fiction, fantasy, history, folklore, and impish flights of fancy pleasurably collide for a startling and intoxicating read through the ages of Ireland.

Granny June brings six-year-old Juiper to The Blooming Barn, a local flower farm, where Juniper wanders rows of rainbow blooms, choosing and clipping her favourite ones. While there, Juniper meets a resident bee, Bumble. Girl and bee explore the gardens together and an enchanting, summer-long friendship emerges.

This is a houseful of eclectic works of fiction, gliding seamlessly over the waves of genre diversity, within these 308 pages, the reader will find one novella, one novelette, seven short stories, four flash fiction stories, and three poems. Be swept into the undulating current of time to become a traveler, a witness, and a companion to lives that have passed and those that are yet to be.Wander back to a simpler, but more secretive, time when Neala meets Imogen and unspoken love unfolds over a lifetime. Meet our future selves, resisting globalized government control and a world of hologram consciences that want independence. Follow a charlatan from her humble mining town beginnings to her unceremonious career-ending visit from an old friend. Delight in a painter's dreamscape of swans, and the bickering banter of Irish spirits across a graveyard. More stories await you... dive in!

This is the story of a gentleman from the idealic island of Madeira who emigrated to North America, namely to the state of Massachusetts in the United States, and of his grandparents who emigrated to Brazil, namely S¿o Fid¿lis in the state of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. The how's and wherefore's are lost to history, but this is a good rendition of the events leading up to and including their journey and resettlement.