Each and Every One - Softcover

English, Rachael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1409146987 ISBN 13: 9781409146988

Publisher: Orion, 2014

Synopsis

The most important lessons in life can be the hardest to learn...

Your family are always there for you...aren't they?

For Tara, Vee, Niall and Damian, the children of the Shine family, their parents have seen them through thick and thin. In fact, Gus and Joan's lifetime of hard work has given their children the luxuries they never had when they were growing up - a comfortable home in a leafy Dublin neighbourhood, gap years that never seem to end and an open chequebook for life's little emergencies. Unfortunately, although the children have grown up, they have got a little too comfortable with the well-feathered nest: now it's time to learn a few home truths.

When a twist of fate means the bank of Mum and Dad can no longer bail out the younger generation, suddenly the whole family must find out who they really are - but sometimes the truth isn't easy to face. Uncovering the secrets they all hide will show them a different side to the city they call home and mean finding allies in the most unlikely places.

Warm, wise and witty, Each and Every One is a novel about the lessons we learn in life - and the ones we never do.

About this title

About the Author

Rachael English is a presenter on Ireland's most popular radio show,Morning Ireland. During more than 20 years as a journalist she has covered a huge range of national and international stories for RTÉ Radio's leading current affairs programmes. Her debut novel,Going Back,was nomnated in the SUNDAY INDEPENDENT Newcomer of the Year category in the IRISH BOOK AWARDS.

Review

Rachael English is a perceptive writer with a great eye for the details of family life. Great story, well imagined and well written. * LIBRARIES NI * Rachael English has such an impressive way with words, her amazing and unique writing style is definitely part of the greatness of this story. If you haven't bought this book yet, you should. * LAVENDER LIBRARIAN * Funny, sad, ironic and warm. Right from page one I was engaged and settled down for a very contented read. * BETWEEN MY LINES * A fabulously unique idea and extremely well delivered by Rachael English * BOOK LOVE BUG * As with Going Back, her characters are full of life, and her dialogue brims with wit and emotion. This is an engaging read, and an easy one, but no less clever for it. * SUNDAY BUSINESS POST * The author criticises a media culture predicated on dizzying highs and terrifying lows . . . English skilfully weaves these insights into the story through her characters, helping to jolly along a predictable but readable plot. * IRISH TIMES * An insightful book about the ties that really hold families together * IRISH COUNTRY MAGAZINE * This was a wonderful story, so well told. At times it's very funny, at other times it's heartbreakingly sad . . . I absolutely loved it -- Anne Williams * BEING ANNE Blog * English has produced an engaging tale, peppered with sharp insights and a strong story arc . . . an easy read, but a clever one too that cements her reputation as a force to be reckoned with in the books market. -- Rowena Walsh * IRISH INDEPENDENT * Something of a moral fable, it's pacey, lively fun * SUNDAY MIRROR * English writes well and with a keen sense of absurdity. The appeal of the book is the authenticity of its portrait of Dublin today ... [an] entertaining and lively novel. * IRISH MAIL ON SUNDAY * Each and Every One is a smart book ... adult children learn to stand on their own two feet after the Bank of Mum and Dad goes under - it cleverly explores the broader impact of the recession * STYLIST * Each & Every One is a stylish read, a great plot with wonderfully colourful characters. A story with humour and fun, and a story with a message -- Anne Cater * THINGS THROUGH MY LETTER BOX blog *

Edition details

• Publisher: Orion
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1409146987
• ISBN 13: 9781409146988
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336