Aisling and the City

Aisling and the City

Author: Emer McLysaght

Publisher:

Published: 2022-05-05

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 9780717194896

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Aisling is off to New York! The fourth (and penultimate) book in the No. 1 bestselling series. 'Aisling is one of the finest comic creations of all time.' Marian Keyes 'That rare and precious thing: a fictional character you care about like a friend' Lisa McGee, creator of Derry Girls 'A fictional creature as beloved by Irish women as anyone who comes from the pens of Marian Keyes or Winner of the An Post Irish Book Award for popular fiction 2021 Aisling is 31, and she's still a complete Aisling. With BallyGoBrunch flying and the door firmly closed on her relationship with John, Aisling accepts an unexpected job offer and boards a business-class flight to New York in her best wrap dress and heels. As she finds her feet in the Big Apple, she throws herself into the dating game, grapples with 'always-on' work culture, forges and fights for new friendships and brings her good wedges to a party in the Hamptons, much to Sadhbh's dismay. But catching up with family and friends on WhatsApp and email is not the same as sitting in Maguire's putting the world to rights over mini bottles of Pinot Greej and a shared bag of Taytos. And yet New York has so much to offer, not least in the ridey fireman department. When a crisis in Ballygobard makes her doubt her place in Manhattan, can Aisling retain her New York state of mind, or will the lure of home be too much to resist? 'Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen offer their many readers a safe, convivial, unceremonious berth in challenging times.' The Irish Times 'Aisling is the best of us; the sort of person the world needs.' The Irish Times 'A fictional creature now as beloved by Irish women as anyone who comes from the pens of Marian Keyes or Maeve Binchy, two other writers whose work could also be said to sum up the essential experience of being an Irish woman.' Lia Hynes, Sunday Independent 'Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen can look into their hearts and know exactly what the women of Ireland want.' Irish Independent 'The literary equivalent of lightning in a bottle. Aisling is a tremendous creation: fun, warm, charming, kind ... Breen and McLysaght have a canny knack of hitting on emotional truths. A brilliantly breezy, companionable read.' Tanya Sweeney, Irish Independent 'A charming creation. Aisling seems on course to match the longevity of her masculine polar opposite Ross O'Carroll Kelly.' Irish Mail on Sunday 'Oh my God, such a warm glow this book gave me. In a sometimes sad world it lifted my heart.' Marian Keyes 'Soul soothing - l laughed on every page.' Sophie White, Sunday Independent 'A tribute to the warmth, charm and resilience of modern Irish women, Aisling is well on her way to becoming one of the most beloved characters in Irish literature.' Irish Independent 'Aisling's voice leaps off the page. It's this depth of character and eye for detail that make comparisons with the Bridget Jones series spot on.' The Independent


Oh My God, What a Complete Aisling!

Oh My God, What a Complete Aisling!

Author: Emer McLysaght

Publisher: Gill & Macmillan Ltd

Published: 2017-08-31

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 071717980X

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Aisling is twenty-eight and she's a complete ... Aisling. She lives at home in Ballygobbard (or Ballygobackwards, as some gas tickets call it) with her parents and commutes to her good job at PensionsPlus in Dublin. Aisling goes out every Saturday night with her best friend Majella, who is a bit of a hames (she's lost two phones already this year – Aisling has never lost a phone). They love hoofing into the Coors Light if they're 'Out', or the vodka and Diet Cokes if they re 'Out Out'. Ais spends two nights a week at her boyfriend John's. He's from down home and was kiss number seventeen at her twenty-first. But Aisling wants more. She wants the ring on her finger. She wants the hen with the willy straws. She wants out of her parents' house, although she'd miss Mammy turning on the electric blanket like clockwork and Daddy taking her car 'out for a spin' and bringing it back full of petrol. When a week in Tenerife with John doesn't end with the expected engagement, Aisling calls a halt to things and soon she has surprised herself and everyone else by agreeing to move into a three-bed in Portobello with stylish Sadhbh from HR and her friend, the mysterious Elaine. Newly single and relocated to the big city, life is about to change utterly for this wonderful, strong, surprising and funny girl, who just happens to be a complete Aisling.


Diary of an Oxygen Thief

Diary of an Oxygen Thief

Author: Anonymous

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2016-05-23

Total Pages: 136

ISBN-13: 1501157868

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Hurt people hurt people. Say there was a novel in which Holden Caulfield was an alcoholic and Lolita was a photographer’s assistant and, somehow, they met in Bright Lights, Big City. He’s blinded by love. She by ambition. Diary of an Oxygen Thief is an honest, hilarious, and heartrending novel, but above all, a very realistic account of what we do to each other and what we allow to have done to us.


The City Born Great

The City Born Great

Author: N. K. Jemisin

Publisher: Tor Books

Published: 2016-09-28

Total Pages: 27

ISBN-13: 076539345X

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In this standalone short story by N. K. Jemisin, author of The Fifth Season, winner of the Hugo Award for Best Novel, New York City is about to go through a few changes. Like all great metropolises before it, when a city gets big enough, old enough, it must be born; but there are ancient enemies who cannot tolerate new life. Thus New York will live or die by the efforts of a reluctant midwife...and how well he can learn to sing the city's mighty song. The City Born Great is a Tor.com Original. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.


City Spies

City Spies

Author: James Ponti

Publisher: Aladdin

Published: 2021-01-26

Total Pages: 400

ISBN-13: 1534414924

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A New York Times bestseller! A GMA3 Summer Reading Squad Selection! “Ingeniously plotted, and a grin-inducing delight.” —People “Will keep young readers glued to the page…So when do I get the sequel?” —Beth McMullen, author of Mrs. Smith’s Spy School for Girls In this thrilling new series that Stuart Gibbs called “a must-read,” Edgar Award winner James Ponti brings together five kids from all over the world and transforms them into real-life spies—perfect for fans of Spy School and Mrs. Smith’s Spy School for Girls. Sara Martinez is a hacker. She recently broke into the New York City foster care system to expose her foster parents as cheats and lawbreakers. However, instead of being hailed as a hero, Sara finds herself facing years in a juvenile detention facility and banned from using computers for the same stretch of time. Enter Mother, a British spy who not only gets Sara released from jail but also offers her a chance to make a home for herself within a secret MI6 agency. Operating out of a base in Scotland, the City Spies are five kids from various parts of the world. When they’re not attending the local boarding school, they’re honing their unique skills, such as sleight of hand, breaking and entering, observation, and explosives. All of these allow them to go places in the world of espionage where adults can’t. Before she knows what she’s doing, Sara is heading to Paris for an international youth summit, hacking into a rival school’s computer to prevent them from winning a million euros, dangling thirty feet off the side of a building, and trying to stop a villain…all while navigating the complex dynamics of her new team. No one said saving the world was easy…


You Slay Me

You Slay Me

Author: Katie Macalister

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2004-09-07

Total Pages: 353

ISBN-13: 1101156996

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Aisling Grey is a courier enjoying a free, work-related trip to Paris when she learns she's a Guardian. That's a keeper of the Gates of Hell, for those who don't know. She finds this out from Drake Vireo, who's scrumptiously sexy-at least in his human form. Now Drake has stolen the package Aisling was sent to deliver, and she must track him down, get the package, and try to resist the passion boiling inside her.


Fireborn

Fireborn

Author: Aisling Fowler

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 2021-10-05

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13: 0062996738

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Lyra. Lucy. Percy. Once in a generation, a hero emerges whose story enthralls readers worldwide. Fireborn is an epic quest, perfect for fans of the His Dark Materials and The School for Good and Evil series, that will spin readers into a magical world like no other—and introduce them to an unforgettable new heroine named Twelve. Ember is full of monsters. Twelve gave up her name and identity to train in the art of hunting them—so she says. The truth is much more deadly: she trains to take revenge on those who took her family from her. But when Twelve’s new home is attacked, she’ll find herself on an unexpected journey, where her hidden past is inescapably intertwined with her destiny—and the very fate of her world.


Blood & Sand: The First Book of Rue

Blood & Sand: The First Book of Rue

Author: Aisling Wilder

Publisher: Books of Rue

Published: 2020-08-31

Total Pages: 482

ISBN-13: 9781838115210

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Ancient vampire Rue keeps to herself. It makes it easier to fight the constant hunger that plagues her. That is, until the night she catches Grace-a not very good vampire hunter-stalking her through the streets of Dublin. Something about Grace is achingly familiar. And strangely irresistible. Rue soon learns that Grace is herself being hunted, and is thrown into a battle she never wanted, to save a woman who wants her dead. As Rue unravels the horrifying and treacherous plot, she also uncovers a secret about Grace that could change everything. Along the way, Rue finds herself drawn to the girl, and is forced to choose: Continue her solitary life of safety, or risk it all for love? Through it all, Rue recalls her creation and formative nights in an ancient world far from the rainy streets of Dublin, a world where she learned to live, love, hunt and kill.


Story Cities

Story Cities

Author: Rosamund Davies

Publisher:

Published: 2019-06-13

Total Pages: 114

ISBN-13: 9781909208827

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Story Cities explore ways in which stories respond to, reflect and re-imagine the city. Explore new short fictions in multiple genres, guide book to the fictional city, all cities, any city: its markets, squares, parks, stations & ports; the streets, alleys, dead ends & the crossroads. Never identified, the city has a voice of its own.