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Resistance

80 years ago three ordinary Irish women were still imprisoned in Ravensbrück Concentration Camp for their role in the Belgian Resistance. 80 years ago HOPE for their liberation marched through Belgium. The photo of Andrée de Jongh (wikipedia), who organised…

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How could she?

In my novel, „Bone and Blood“, a young woman, Aisling, regrets choices she has made. Is she responsible for those choices? Is she a victim or is it more complicated than that?  Are her choices corrupted by ambiguity, secrecy and…

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How could I?

Reading to understand myself and others has been in my blood since I first examined the picture of the British Houses of Parliament on the bottle of brown sauce, that accompanied the Irish family fry, and persuaded a sibling to…

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