Horace Winter Says Goodbye

Literature & Fiction

Bowman, Conor

Literary

Hachette Ireland

'Original, moving and funny...' Irish Independent 
Meet Horace Winter and fall in love with life again in this bestselling novel ... 
Horace Winter has led an unexceptional life. Ever since that long-ago day, when the Very Bad Thing happened, he prefers to spend time with his butterfly and moth book instead of with other human beings - an interest that was passed on to him by his father.
But shortly after his retirement from his job as an assistant bank manager, Horace receives some devastating news and is forced to confront the life he has led (or hasn't led). As he does, he meets Amanda. And Max. He gets a man jailed (sort of) and rescues the man's son (sort of). He discovers a letter his father never posted, and sets off on a quest that changes everything.
As Horace begins to let life in, he starts to experience a world which had almost entirely passed him by. Will he discover that man he was meant to be before it's too late?

Sometimes it can be hard to find a new beginning in the middle of so many endings...
Hughie Mittman is in search of forgiveness. 
He has just lost his mother and believes it is all his fault. 
And, with his father more distant than ever, how can Hughie make things right?
As he does his best to navigate this unfamiliar version of his life, and overcome his fears - of loss, of change, of lawnmowers - he ignores the questions he really wants answered. Was his father telling the truth when he said Hughie was adopted? And will he really never get to see his mother again?
Hughie Mittman's Fear of Lawnmowers is a heart-breaking but uplifting story about grief, the end of childhood, the power of friendship and the acceptance that although there are things we cannot change, the future can still be bright.

Hughie Mittman's Fear of Lawnmowers

Contemporary

Hughie Mittman is in search of forgiveness. His troubled mother has just died, and it's all Hughie's fault. His ill-tempered father, now more distant than ever before, is doing nothing to persuade him otherwise.Ignoring the advice of his loyal friend Nyxi - who he met at hospital following a brutal encounter with a lawnmower - Hughie does his best to navigate this unfamiliar version of his life and figure out a way to atone for what he has done. But during his quest for clarity, he ignores the one question he truly wants answered: was his father telling the truth when he said Hughie was adopted?Hughie Mittman's Fear of Lawnmowers is a heart-breaking story, but also an uplifting one - exploring grief and reconciliation, the power of friendship and of the acceptance that there are thing we cannot change, but the future can still be bright.

Genre Fiction

Father Leterrier, what will happen to people who stray from the path of Holy Purity?  They will rot in the fires of Hell. Their flesh will melt, and all of the impurities in their blood will be filtered onto the floor like a carpet of evil dust. It is the summer of 1920 and Christian Aragon is about to graduate from school. The sixteen year-old covets the body of an older woman married and a teacher at his school. This not only imperils his mortal soul, but threatens other consequences as well. Surrounded by vineyards and mountains and the relentless heat of the Provencal sun, there is passion, anger, fear, and blood in this tiny village at the foot of the Dentelles. But what prize awaits those who dare defy tradition, and what is the price to be paid for following one s heart?

The Last Estate

Permanent Pr Pub Co

George Baxter Henry is having an affair and has been found out by his mother-in-law, Muriel; a ninety-one-year-old former silent screen star who now can t keep her mouth shut! With a son (Billy) who is being wooed by a record company, and a daughter (Iska) who is writing a book about apples, the Henry family decamp to a village in France to sort themselves out. George and his wife Pearl both want to save their marriage, but for different reasons. Billy sees the world through cocaine-tinted eyelids. Iska is growing up and discovering other fruit. Muriel is sharp and bitter and seems reluctant to get to the great cinema in the sky. In the background lurk the shadows of George's further infidelities, and distant lineage leading to Graceland. Up front it's a battleground; where the weapons of choice are vitriol, one-liners and old age. The spoils of war are sanity, and redemption!

The Redemption of George Baxter Henry

This is the story of two young people whose lives are changing. They are both trying to make their way in the world. Rachel's estranged father has just come back into her life, and Frank is trying to find his feet as a newly qualified barrister. Circumstances lead both to the West of Ireland where they meet on a train. As Rachel and Frank navigate new lives, they learn much about themselves and each other

An Taobh Eile den Scamall (Irish Edition)

Arlen House

Tear on front cover of Dustwrapper, otherwise a v.good clean copy

Wasting by degrees

Ashfield Press

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Horace Winter Says Goodbye

Horace Winter Says Goodbye

Hughie Mittman's Fear of Lawnmowers

Hughie Mittman's Fear of Lawnmowers

The Last Estate

The Redemption of George Baxter Henry

An Taobh Eile den Scamall (Irish Edition)

Wasting by degrees