… grabs the reader’s attention from the very first page and holds it to the end.
Irish Examiner
About Love These Days
Tara Leonard returns after seven years abroad as a humanitarian aid worker to the island where she grew up on the northwest coast of Sligo. Having fled Creevy Island after a wounding marital breakup, she is back only to finalise her divorce. But as her stay on Creevy unexpectedly lengthens, she discovers that she must confront the mistakes of the past if she is not to repeat them. Just as she begins to experience what personal redemption might mean, events build to a dangerous reckoning where every ounce of her resourcefulness is tested.
About Brian Leyden
Brian Leyden is a writer of fiction, memoir, radio, screen and stage.
Originally from Arigna in Roscommon, his books include the bestselling memoir The Home Place and the novels Love These Days, Summer of ’63 and Death and Plenty. His most recent short-story collection is Sweet Old World: New and Selected Stories.
Brian Leyden’s radio documentaries include No Meadows in Manhattan, Even the Walls Were Sweatin’ and An Irish Station Mass. He co-wrote the feature film Black Ice and scripted the short documentary, The Sheemore Ambush, as well as the Famine Attic Memorial audio installation for the Workhouse in Carrick-on-Shannon. His stage plays include Old Flames and Remember Me.
He lives in northwest Sligo.
… grabs the reader’s attention from the very first page and holds it to the end.
Irish Examiner
About Love These Days
Tara Leonard returns after seven years abroad as a humanitarian aid worker to the island where she grew up on the northwest coast of Sligo. Having fled Creevy Island after a wounding marital breakup, she is back only to finalise her divorce. But as her stay on Creevy unexpectedly lengthens, she discovers that she must confront the mistakes of the past if she is not to repeat them. Just as she begins to experience what personal redemption might mean, events build to a dangerous reckoning where every ounce of her resourcefulness is tested.
About Brian Leyden
Brian Leyden is a writer of fiction, memoir, radio, screen and stage.
Originally from Arigna in Roscommon, his books include the bestselling memoir The Home Place and the novels Love These Days, Summer of ’63 and Death and Plenty. His most recent short-story collection is Sweet Old World: New and Selected Stories.
Brian Leyden’s radio documentaries include No Meadows in Manhattan, Even the Walls Were Sweatin’ and An Irish Station Mass. He co-wrote the feature film Black Ice and scripted the short documentary, The Sheemore Ambush, as well as the Famine Attic Memorial audio installation for the Workhouse in Carrick-on-Shannon. His stage plays include Old Flames and Remember Me.
He lives in northwest Sligo.
