Anne Enright

  • Read by: Anne Enright

    Duration: 8 hrs 4 mins

    This is the story of Irish theatre legend Katherine O'Dell, as told by her daughter Norah. It tells of early stardom in Hollywood, of highs and lows on the stages of Dublin and London's West End. Katherine's life is a grand performance, with young Norah watching from the wings. But this romance between mother and daughter cannot survive Katherine's past, or the world's damage. As Norah uncovers her mother's secrets, she acquires a few of her own. Then, fame turns to infamy when Katherine decides to commit a bizarre crime. Actress is about a daughter's search for the truth: the dark secret in the bright star, and what drove Katherine finally mad.

    Contemporary Fiction
  • Read by: Caroline Lennon

    Duration: 7 hrs 30 mins

    In Terenure, a pleasant suburb of Dublin, Gina Moynihan, girl about town, recalls the trail of lust that brought her to fall for 'the love of her life', Sean Vallely. Now, Gina waits the arrival on her doorstep of Sean's fragile, twelve-year-old daughter, Evie - the complication, and gravity, of this second life. X rated, contains offensive language.

    Contemporary Fiction
  • Read by: Caroline Lennon

    Duration: 7 hrs 18 mins

    If it hadn't been for the child then none of this might have happened. She saw me kissing her father. She saw her father kissing me. The fact that a child got mixed up in it all made us feel that it mattered, that there was no going back.

    Contemporary Fiction
  • Read by: Anne Enright

    Duration: 8 hrs 6 mins

    The nine surviving children of the Hegarty clan gather in Dublin for the wake of their wayward brother Liam. It wasn't the drink that killed him - although that certainly helped - it was what happened to him as a boy in his grandmother's house, in the winter of 1968.

    Contemporary Fiction
  • Read by: Caroline Lennon

    Duration: 9 hrs 10 mins

    Hanna, Dan, Constance and Emmet return to the west coast of Ireland for a final family Christmas in the home their mother is about to sell. A last, desperate act from Rosaleen, a woman who doesn't quite know how to love her children, forces them to confront the weight of family ties and the road that brought them home.

    Contemporary Fiction
  • Read by: Miscellaneous

    Duration: 7 hrs 40 mins

    Nell - funny, brave and so much loved - is a young woman with adventure on her mind. As she sets out into the world, she finds her family history hard to escape. For her mother, Carmel, Nell's leaving home opens a space in her heart, where the turmoil of a lifetime begins to churn. And across the generations falls the long shadow of Carmel's famous father, an Irish poet of beautiful words and brutal actions.

    This is a meditation on love: spiritual, romantic, darkly sexual or genetic. A generational saga that traces the inheritance not just of trauma but also of wonder, it is a testament to the glorious resilience of women in the face of promises false and true. Above all, it is an exploration of the love between mother and daughter - sometimes fierce, often painful, but always transcendent.

    Contemporary Fiction
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