First Flush—February 2022
First Flush is the Books Ireland selection of all Irish-published and Irish-interest books released every month. Now fully searchable.
Some highlights this month include:
The Colony, by Audrey Magee (Faber) €14.99
Listen out for Audrey Magee, who is the next guest on Burning Books!
Maraid watches her son, James, striding out across the grass, a bottle of milk for each of their visitors in hand. Her mother-in-law still knits socks for men who will never wear them. The visitors are here to paint, to record, to celebrate – so they say – this island and its purity, the language all but vanished across the water.
How to Gut a Fish, by Sheila Armstrong (Bloomsbury) €14.99
A dazzling and disquieting collection of stories, How to Gut a Fish places the bizarre beside the everyday and then elegantly and expertly blurs the lines.
It Could Never Happen Here, by Eithne Shortall (Corvus) €14.99
A warm, witty and relatable story of life on the front line of parenting, perfect for fans of Motherland and Catastrophe.
The Gifts That Bind Us, by Caroline O’Donoghue (Walker Books) €9.99
A spellbinding supernatural teen drama – and sequel to All Our Hidden Gifts.
Again, Rachel, by Marian Keyes (Michael Joseph) €14.99
