Around the Block on Parnell Square: Nine Stories

They came to Dublin for a reason. The runaway bride from Sibiu, Romania, and the country girls from Killiney, Limerick, Howth, and County Cork. The kindergarten teacher from Thomaston, Georgia, the retired benefits administrator from Erie, Pennsylvania, the Tractor Supply Manager from Guernsey, Ohio. The Heavenly Warrior from Southern California. They came to Dublin to find work, to find love, to find bloodlines, to find the reincarnation of James Joyce, and now here they are at The Charles Stewart Guesthouse on Parnell Square. The lively beat of the city enchants them, but the death of a young girl gives them pause. Does Dublin hold what they truly seek?

Around the Block Writers represent various parts of the United States. The nine authors included in this collection are Kathleen Worrell from Nacogdoches, Texas, Nancy W. Shumaker from Statesboro, Georgia, Andy Sachar and Tracy Robert from Newport Beach, California, Sara Kay Rupnik from Richmond, Virginia, MaryAnn L. Miller from Clinton, New Jersey, Jeanne Goldberg-Leopold and Liz Abrams-Morley from Philadelphia, and Mary Coley from Tulsa, Oklahoma.