Jennifer Johnston
By the Author
Naming the Stars, a duo companion with Two Moons
One of Ireland's best-loved novelists returns with a haunting novella of love, loss and memory Flora's father has been killed in the Battle of El…
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Jennifer Johnston: A Reader’s Guide
Jennifer Johnston has been described as 'the best writer in Ireland' by Roddy Doyle, 'one of our most impressive novelists' (Sunday Express) and 'a brilliant…
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Naming the Stars
A moving and poignant story of old age, friendship and loss from a prize-winning Irish writer Flora's father has been killed in the Battle of…
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A Sixpenny Song
Not every death is a tragedy. Not every silver lining is intact. Annie's father is dead. She isn't sorry. A rich and domineering man, he…
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Shadowstory
A heartbreaking novel of the complexities of love, set against the tragedies of the second world war It is the Second World War, and tragedy…
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Truth or Fiction
A brilliant story of the secrets we keep. Desmond Fitzmaurice is a mysterious literary giant of the thirties whom no one has seen for years.…
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Foolish Mortals
All families are complicated, but some are more complicated than others. And Christmas can only make matters worse. After Ciara's estranged father is nearly killed…
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Grace and Truth
'A quietly incisive book that opens wounds where none were known' Irish Independent Sally, a successful actress, returns to her house in Goatstown from a…
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This Is Not a Novel
'With masterful control, Johnston excavates a well of memory and hurt, quietly demonstrating the damage that can be done by families' The Times A beautifully…
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Shadows on our Skin
An exquisite, poignant story of an Irish boyhood in the 1970s Derry in the 1970s: teenager Joe Logan is growing up in the teeth of…
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The Essential Jennifer Johnston
With an introduction from Sebastian Barry, The Essential Jennifer Johnston is a collected edition of three novels: THE CAPTAINS AND THE KINGS, THE RAILWAY STATION…
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The Invisible Worm
'Jennifer Johnston is masterly at creating atmosphere and evoking period and place' Daily Express It starts with a funeral. The great and the good have…
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The Christmas Tree
'It is difficult to convey the marvellous quality of this book' Daily Telegraph Constance Keating has lived a life of internal exile, alienated from her…
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Two Moons
When a daughter returns, the past is revisited... In a house overlooking Dublin Bay, Mimi and her daughter Grace are disturbed by the unexpected arrival…
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Fool’s Sanctuary
The Great War is over; but the war in Ireland is only just beginning, as the IRA and the Black and Tans move on to…
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The Captains and the Kings
A poignant debut novel of age, loneliness and friendship across divides... Mr Prendergast, an elderly Anglo-Irishman, is living out his last years in the decaying…
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The Railway Station Man
'A very nearly perfect novel of broad, regretful vision, and magical intimacy' Sunday Telegraph Helen has retreated to the remote north-west coast of Ireland to…