Bøger af Anne Griffin

Five toasts. Five people. One lifetime.

Jeanie Masterson has a gift: she can hear the recently dead and give voice to their final wishes and revelations. Inherited from her father, this gift has enabled the family undertakers to flourish in their small Irish town. Yet she has always been uneasy about censoring some of the dead's last messages to the living. Unsure, too, about the choice she made when she left school seventeen years ago: to stay or leave for a new life in London with her charismatic teenage sweetheart. So when Jeanie's parents unexpectedly announce their plan to retire, she is jolted out of her limbo. In this captivating successor to her much-lauded debut, When All Is Said, Anne Griffin portrays a young woman who is torn between duty, a comfortable marriage, a calling she both loves and hates and her last chance to break free. Listening Still is a heartachingly honest look at what we give up and what we gain when we choose to follow our heart.

An interesting situation awaits the bride from Ballarat as she sails to the Territory of New Guinea in 1947 to begin married life with her patrol officer husband. The Pacific War has left much of her new land in ruins; much of the country is still unmapped or uncontrolled. Japanese soldiers remain in the mountains. Sorcerers and spirits rule the native people, and a cargo cult is creating unrest in her husband's district on the Rai Coast. In Saidor Story, we accompany bride Norma Griffin as she tries to negotiate this harsh, sometimes hostile, frontier world. We get to know a very diverse station community; we explore the minutiae of domestic life on a remote outpost in the Pacific; we participate in adventures unimaginable to suburban Australia. Norma tells her story with humour and verve. Her distinctive style and her photographs bring to life a vanished and almost forgotten time, place and people.

Jeanie Masterson ist die Tochter des Bestatters in dem beschaulichen irischen Städtchen Kilcross. Von ihrem Vater hat sie die Gabe geerbt, mit den Verstorbenen sprechen zu können und deren letzten Wünsche entgegenzunehmen. Diese Fähigkeit verleiht ihr einen besonderen Status, zugleich bedeutet sie aber auch eine große Bürde: Denn sie muss entscheiden, welche Botschaften sie den Verbliebenen übermittelt und welche sie lieber für sich behält. Als ihre Jugendliebe Fionn nach London geht, fühlt Jeanie sich zum Bleiben verpflichtet, weil sie hier in Kilcross gebraucht wird. Aber vergessen kann sie ihn nie.Anne Griffin porträtiert eine junge Frau, hin- und hergerissen zwischen Pflichtgefühl und ihrem Wunsch nach Befreiung und Selbstbestimmung. Ein fesselnder und herzerwärmender Roman über das Leben, das Sterben und das, was das Leben lebenswert macht.Anne Griffin ist eine irische Schriftstellerin. Sie erhielt für ihre Kurzgeschichten den John McGahern Award for Literature, außerdem stand sie u.a. auf der Shortlist für den Hennessy New Irish Writing Award und den Sunday Business Post Short Story Award.Ihr Romandebüt, "Ein Leben und eine Nacht", wurde in zahlreiche Länder verkauft, u. a. in die USA, nach Kanada, Frankreich und Holland, und stand auf Platz 1 der irischen Bestsellerliste. Anne Griffin lebt in Irland.

One unremarkable afternoon, Rosie watched her daughter Saoirse cycle into town, expecting to hear the slam of the door when she returned a few hours later. But the slam never came.Eight years on, after an extensive investigation into her disappearance, Rosie is the only person who stubbornly believes that her child might still be alive. When Rosie receives a call from her father, asking her to return home for the summer, she is forced out of her limbo. Life on the island of Roaring Bay revives old rivalries, but it also brings new friendships and unexpected solace.Yet, when a sudden glimmer of hope appears, Rosie is forced to face an impossible question: is she right to think that Saoirse is still alive? Or will her belief that her daughter will one day return to her come at the cost of everything she has left?

From Anne Griffin, the bestselling author of When All is Said, comes Listening Still, a refreshing new novel about a young woman who can hear the dead-a talent which is both a gift and a curse.Jeanie Masterson has a gift: she can hear the recently dead and give voice to their final wishes and revelations. Inherited from her father, this gift has enabled the family undertakers to flourish in their small Irish town. Yet she has always been uneasy about censoring some of the dead's last messages to the living. Unsure, too, about the choice she made when she left school seventeen years ago: to stay or leave for a new life in London with her charismatic teenage sweetheart.So when Jeanie's parents unexpectedly announce their plan to retire, she is jolted out of her limbo. In this captivating successor to her much-lauded debut, When All Is Said, Anne Griffin portrays a young woman who is torn between duty, a comfortable marriage, a calling she both loves and hates and her last chance to break free. Listening Still is a heartachingly honest look at what we give up and what we gain when we choose to follow our heart.