Caroline Doherty de Novoa
Born in Ireland. Made in London, Madrid & Bogotá.
I tell stories through books and films.
Loss is woven into the fabric of motherhood…
it starts with a physical separation, a cutting of the cord…
Belfast, December 1993, a baby girl goes missing. Everyone, including her teenage father, believes she has been kidnapped. Two women know different.
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New Yorker Janet O’Connell now has the family she’s been longing for. Seventeen-year-old Emma McCourt has a plan to escape her troubled past. And the two women never expect to see one another again.
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In a story spanning three decades, from a crime-ridden eighties Manhattan, to the final dark days of the Northern Irish Troubles, to suburban New York and modern day Belfast, we learn just how far each woman will go to protect the lives they have made for themselves.
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Conversations on the world's most beloved author.
What do you talk about when you talk about Jane Austen?
The authors in this collection talk about all manner of things. They talk about social mobility and the foundations on which those great houses were built. They talk about what it takes to be a Jane Austen heroine (and why that doesn’t always have to be Elizabeth). They talk about how Mr. and Mrs. Bennet are alive and well and living in India.
They talk about E.M. Forster, reality television, and Bridget Jones. They talk about war, friendship, and which Austen hero deserves a “Last Word”.
And, of course, they talk about love.
From Asia to Latin America, Africa to Europe, and across North America, they talk about Miss Austen, the world’s most beloved author. So sit down, order yourself a cocktail, and join the conversation…
Tales from Gabriel García Márquez's Colombia
In Bogotá, a Spanish humanitarian worker attends a funeral without a body, as a storm of yellow butterflies swirls outside. In the jungle, an English anthropologist finds a tiny peace community fighting to preserve their way of life. And, somewhere in the Andes, an Australian coffee farmer confronts a guava-throwing witch in his tree.
This collection brings together 26 personal essays by writers from across the world, all of whom have lived in Gabriel García Márquez’s homeland. For some, his words are the key to unlocking the enigma of Colombia. For others, living in the land of magic realism brings them a new understanding of his works.
With magical rain, young lovers, grumpy old men, ghosts, conflict, politics, heartache, music, madness and more, these non-fiction stories are at once both singularly Colombian and universal in theme.
Noora has never left her tiny tropical island.
She’s never been to London. And she’s never spoken a language that isn’t her own. She knows there’s good and bad in the world—but she’s never had to face anything truly evil.
But all that is about to change.
When her grandmother disappears, Noora sets off on a wild adventure that will change the way she sees the world, and herself, forever.
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Available from all good bookstores.
A story of love and conflict set in Ireland and Colombia.
When Laura was just a teenager, her mother killed herself. She has lived with the mystery of why for ten years. Miguel is a Colombian lawyer investigating a bombing that took place at the end of the Northern Irish Troubles, only days before her mother's death.
Miguel's appearance in Laura's life initially gives her hope for a brighter future. Yet when he starts asking questions about her mother and the circumstances surrounding her death, their relationship begins to unravel, forcing Laura to delve into her family's history in search of answers of her own.
But will she let her history dictate her future?
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In New York City, making it as an artist is nothing compared to making it out as yourself.
Fresh from art school in Ireland, Vivian steps into the sweltering heat of a New York summer with nothing but talent, determination, and a burning ambition to make her mark.
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From the glamour of gallery openings to the devastating morning of 9/11, Vivian discovers that the city of extremes demands everything from those who dare to call it home. Soon Vivian learns that survival in New York isn't just about making rent. It's about holding onto yourself when everything around you—and those you trust—threaten to tear you apart.
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Set against the backdrop of a city in flux, this is a raw, unflinching portrait of a young woman who refuses to be broken.