Bøker av Patricia Scanlan

Fifteen stories from the lives of some of Ireland's greatest sports stars, these are gripping stories in plain English for emerging readers. An Open Door initiative, published in association with the National Adult Literacy Agency.

The brilliant new novel from the beloved Sunday Times-bestselling author of Orange Blossom Days

Take a heart-lifting journey into the great unknown ...In Bringing Death to Life, well-known author Patricia Scanlan, along with soul friends and metaphysical healers Dr Mary Helen Hensley, Aidan Storey and Pamela Young, shine a light into an area that they believe needs to become part of the ordinary conversation of life, not to be feared or avoided in our communications, but recognised, understood, accepted: death.Patricia, whose experience of the loss of her parents was the catalyst for this book, shares her own journey through grief, while Aidan, Mary Helen and Pamela -- who have abilities to channel, communicate with angels, and intuit and heal between this life and the next -- share personal experiences along with insight into death and the afterlife gained through their work.Included are chapters on facing fear of death, being present during death of a loved one, the aftermath of loss, and connecting to signs and messages from beyond, along with remarkable stories of the afterlife in the everyday. Prayers, affirmations and messages from the angels also make up this special, thought-provoking and ultimately deeply comforting book.

The brilliant new novel from the beloved Sunday Times-bestselling author of Orange Blossom Days

Delivering stories that span generations, and offering warmth, wisdom and love on every page - if you treasured Maeve Binchy, read Patricia Scanlan

The Number One bestselling phenomenon moves to Simon & Schuster with a heartwarming novel of mothers and daughters, secrets and lies.

*** THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER *** In a beautiful southern Spanish town, where the sea sparkles and orange blossoms scent the air, the gates of a brand new apartment complex, La Joya deAndaluca, glide open to welcome the new owners. Anna and Austen MacDonald, an Irish couple, are preparing to enjoy their retirement to the full. But the demands of family cause problems they have never foreseen and shake their marriage to the core. Sally-Ann Connolly Cooper, a feisty Texan mother of two young teenagers, is reeling from her husband's infidelity. La Joya becomes a place of solace for Sally-Ann, in more ways than one. Eduardo Sanchez, a haughty Madrileo, has set out with single-minded determination to become El Presidente of the complex's management committee. But pride comes before a fall. Jutta Sauer Perez, a sophisticated German who aspires to own her very own apartment in La Joya, works hard to reach her goal. Then the unthinkable happens.As their lives entwine and friendships and enmities develop, it becomes apparent that La Joya is not quite the haven they all expect it to be A bright, sunny read in which these lives interweave with unexpected resultsSunday Express S magazineWhat readers are saying about Patricia Scanlan: Utterly magical and wonderful ... warmth and compassion shine through MARIAN KEYES Like being enfolded in a hug from the great writer herself: warm, comforting and full of love CATHY KELLY There can be little doubt that Patricia Scanlan is the prolific queen of contemporary Irish popular fiction Sunday Times There is a heartbreaking authenticity in her observations Irish Times The ultimate comfort readGlamour

Delivering stories that span generations, and offering warmth, wisdom and love on every page - if you treasured Maeve Binchy, read Patricia Scanlan

A heartwarming novel of mothers and daughters, secrets and lies from the Number One bestselling author

Delivering stories that span generations, and offering warmth, wisdom and love on every page - if you treasured Maeve Binchy, read Patricia Scanlan

Delivering stories that span generations, and offering warmth, wisdom and love on every page - if you treasured Maeve Binchy, read Patricia Scanlan

Delivering stories that span generations, and offering warmth, wisdom and love on every page - if you treasured Maeve Binchy, read Patricia Scanlan

Delivering stories that span generations, and offering warmth, wisdom and love on every page - if you treasured Maeve Binchy, read Patricia Scanlan

Part of the Open Door series of short books for emerging readers.