Flanagan, Fionnula 1941-Overview
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Fionnula Flanagan
Most widely held works by
Fionnula Flanagan
Waking Ned Devine
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13 editions published between 1998 and 2002 in English and No Linguistic content and held by 1,365 libraries worldwide When Ned Devine dies from shock after winning the lottery, two longtime friends, Michael and Jackie, discover the body and agree Ned would want them to benefit from his good luck. They embark upon an outrageous scheme to claim the ticket, but first they have to get all the townsfolk to go along with their plan.
Disney's A Christmas carol
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3 editions published in 2010 in English and held by 1,327 libraries worldwide Ebenezer Scrooge begins the Christmas holiday with his usual miserly contempt, barking at his faithful clerk and his cheery nephew. But when the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come take him on an eye-opening journey revealing truths Old Scrooge is reluctant to face, he must open his heart to undo years of ill will before it's too late.
Divine secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
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3 editions published between 2002 and 2009 in English and held by 1,215 libraries worldwide Like mother, like daughter. Neither a hard-as-nails New York playwright nor her flaky Louisiana mother will take the necessary steps to mend their long-time rift. No, this is a job for the Sisterhood, sworn life-long friends who stage an outlandish "intervention" to bring daughter and mother back together again.
The invention of lying
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3 editions published in 2010 in English and held by 1,156 libraries worldwide Mark is a desperate unemployed writer who lives in a world where everyone unfailingly tells the truth. People don't even know what fiction is. Every thought, no matter how humiliating or harsh, tumbles out unvarnished. Then one day, Mark becomes so desperate he concocts a lie. In a world where everyone is unfailingly honest, a lie is believed with total and absolute gullibility. Mark can get anything he wants. The one thing he truly wants is the love of a girl named Anna who happens to be the one person he can't bring himself to lie to.
Transamerica
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2 editions published in 2006 in English and held by 1,140 libraries worldwide A pre-operative transsexual learns that she fathered a child years earlier.
The others
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1 edition published in 2002 in English and held by 1,117 libraries worldwide Grace, a devoutly religious mother, has moved with her family to a mansion on the English coast, awaiting her husband's return from the war. Her two children both suffer from a rare photosensitivity disease that renders them extremely vulnerable to sunlight, prompting the rule of having only one door open in the house at a time. When one of the children claims to see ghosts, Grace at first believes her newly-arrived family of eccentric servants to be responsible, but as events become stranger, she begins to wonder if something supernatural is indeed going on.
Yes man
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2 editions published between 2008 and 2009 in English and held by 991 libraries worldwide Carl Allen signs up for a self-help program based on one simple principle: say yes to everything ... and anything. Unleashing the power of 'yes' transforms Carl's life in amazing and unexpected ways, but he soon discovers that embracing every opportunity might just become too much of a good thing.
Divine secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
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9 editions published between 2002 and 2006 in English and German and held by 749 libraries worldwide Like mother, like daughter. Neither a hard-as-nails New York playwright nor her flaky Louisiana mother will take the necessary steps to mend their long-time rift. No, this is a job for the Sisterhood, sworn life-long friends who stage an outlandish "intervention" to bring daughter and mother back together again.
The others
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22 editions published between 2001 and 2010 in 3 languages and held by 614 libraries worldwide A devoutly religious mother of two ailing children has moved with her family to a mansion on the English coast. Her two children both suffer from a rare photosensitivity disease that renders them extremely vulnerable to sunlight, prompting the rule of having only one door open in the house at a time. When one of the children claims to see ghosts, Grace at first believes her newly arrived family of eccentric servants to be responsible, but chilling events and visions soon lead her to believe that something supernatural is indeed going on.
Maggie's door
by Patricia Reilly Giff
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7 editions published between 2003 and 2008 in English and held by 600 libraries worldwide In the mid-1800s, Nory and her neighbor and friend Sean, set out separately on a dangerous journey from famine-plagued Ireland, hoping to reach a better life in America.
The glass lake
by Maeve Binchy
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4 editions published between 1994 and 1995 in English and held by 393 libraries worldwide The extraordinary story of a mother's secret, her daughter's courage, and the bond between the two that nothing, not even death, can destroy.
Transamerica
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16 editions published between 2005 and 2009 in English and German and held by 341 libraries worldwide Bree is a pre-operative, male-to-female transsexual, who holds down two jobs and saves every penny so that she can pay for the one last operation that will make her a woman. One day, however, she receives a strange phone call. On the line is Toby, apparently her son, who must be the product of a somewhat clumsy sexual encounter years ago when she was a man. He is in New York in jail. Bree flies from Los Angeles to New York in order to get the boy out of jail. The boy is handed over to her without a word of explanation and Toby believes the woman to be some Christian missionary determined to convert reprobates to Jesus. However, she finds out that the boy just wants to escape from her and hitchhike to Los Angeles. She persuades him to accompany her back to the west coast.
This year it will be different and other stories
by Maeve Binchy
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3 editions published in 1996 in English and held by 320 libraries worldwide A collection of fifteen of the author's Christmas stories, which evoke contemporary life; instead of homiies, she offers truth.
Slipstream
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2 editions published in 2008 in English and held by 307 libraries worldwide A screenwriter, revising the movie he is working on, finds that reality and fiction are blurring together when some of the characters in his film are showing up in real life.
The copper beech
by Maeve Binchy
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3 editions published in 1992 in English and held by 303 libraries worldwide In a small Irish town, the lives and loves of eight fascinating people entwine.
Circle of friends
by Maeve Binchy
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7 editions published between 1991 and 2000 in English and held by 286 libraries worldwide Tells of the coming of age of two unusual young Irish women, one an over-loved only child, the other an abandoned orphan raised by nuns, bonded as lifelong friends.
Some mother's son
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3 editions published between 1997 and 2011 in English and held by 259 libraries worldwide Based on the true story of the 1981 hunger strike in a Britain prison, in which IRA prisoner Bobby Sands led a protest against the treatment of IRA prisoners as criminals rather than as prisoners of the war.
Brotherhood. The complete first season
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1 edition published in 2006 in English and held by 259 libraries worldwide A working-class Irish family is torn between right and wrong when two brothers live out their destinies on opposite sides of the law.
Yes man
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3 editions published between 2008 and 2009 in English and held by 246 libraries worldwide Carl Allen signs up for a self-help program based on one simple principle: say yes to everything ... and anything. Unleashing the power of 'yes' transforms Carl's life in amazing and unexpected ways, but he soon discovers that embracing every opportunity might just become too much of a good thing.
Star wars Ewok adventures
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1 edition published in 2004 in English and held by 238 libraries worldwide Caravan of courage: the Towani family are separated when their shuttlecraft crashes on Endor. While the parents are soon captured by the giant known as Gorax, Mace and Cindel, the son and daughter, are missing. more
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Animated films Audiobooks Authors Avarice Best friends Brothers Christmas films Comedy films Comedy films Drama Fantasy films Feature films Feature films Fiction Fiction films Films Films for the hearing impaired Films--for the hearing impaired Generosity Ghost films Ghosts Great Britain Miscellaneous Island Dependencies--Isle of Man History Identity (Philosophical concept) Ireland Irish American families Juvenile works Lottery winners Man-woman relationships Men--Attitudes Men--Conduct of life Men--Mental health Mother and child Mothers and daughters Parent and child Photosensitivity disorders Redemption Road films Romantic comedy films Scrooge, Ebenezer (Fictitious character) Self-help techniques Spirits Talking books Transsexuals Truthfulness and falsehood Unemployed United States Video recordings--for people with visual disabilities Video recordings for the hearing impaired Video recordings--for the hearing impaired
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Alternative Names
Flanagan, Fionnghuala, 1941-
Flanagan, Fionnuala.
Flanagan, Fionnuala, 1941-
Flannagan, Fionnula, 1941-
Flannigan, Fionnula, 1941-
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English
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French (19) German (18) Spanish (14) Multiple languages (4) No Linguistic content (2) Undetermined (1) Covers
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