Blank Pages and Other Stories by Bernard MacLaverty

Blank Pages and Other Stories by Bernard MacLavertyThe extraordinary new story collection from one of Ireland's greatest writers and bestselling author of Mindwinter Break. Bernard MacLaverty is a consummately gifted short story writer and novelist whose work like that of John McGahern, William Trevor, Edna O'Brien or Colm Toibin is deceptively simple on the surface, but carries a turbulent undertow. Everywhere, the dark currents of violence, persecution and regret pull at his subject matter: family

And two days after she convinces her ex-best friend to have a reading

a story about birds

So begins the latest story from the award-winning author and illustrator Peter Donnelly

Maeve Chambers doesn't have much going for her

The bestselling author of Dog Sense and Cat Sense explains why living with animals has always been a fundamental aspect of being human

and Naples of the depths

Does it mean the end of the world if the whales become extinct

they can also be charmed back to childhood by this wise but innocent infant

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anecdotes and personal reflections on faith

paramilitary violence

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