booksigning: New Girl In Little Cove by Damhnait Monaghan
Saturday 29th May
in shop - 11am-1pm - free entry
Please register here via Eventbrite if you wish to attend so we can manage social distancing on the shop floor.
Damhnait Monaghan will be joining us in the shop to sign copies of her debut novel New Girl In Little Cove!
When a new teacher arrives in a tiny fishing village, she realizes the most important lessons are the ones she learns outside the classroom.
It’s 1985. Rachel O’Brien arrives in Little Cove seeking a fresh start after her father dies and her relationship ends. As a new teacher at the local Catholic high school, Rachel chafes against the small community, where everyone seems to know her business. The anonymous notes that keep appearing on her car, telling her to go home, don’t make her feel welcome either.
Still, Rachel is quickly drawn into the island’s distinctive music and culture, as well as the lives of her students and fellow teacher, Doug Bishop. As Rachel begins to bond with her students, her feelings for Doug also begin to grow. Rachel tries to ignore her emotions because Doug is in a long-distance relationship with his high school sweetheart. Or is he?
Eventually, Rachel’s beliefs clash with church and community, and she makes a decision that throws her career into jeopardy. In trying to help a student, has she gone too far? Only the intervention of the ‘Holy Dusters,’ local women who hook rugs and clean the church, can salvage Rachel’s job as well as her chance at a future with Doug.
“Monaghan paints a full picture of a mysterious little town, giving supporting characters compelling backstories without resorting to caricature. Fans of Richard Russo’s That Old Cape Magic, Emily St. John Mandel’s The Glass Hotel, and Patricia Harman’s The Runaway Midwife will enjoy Rachel’s fish-out-of-water journey to acceptance and understanding.” – Booklist
Damhnait* Monaghan is Canadian but has lived in the south of England for twenty years. A former teacher and lawyer, she has a Masters in Creative & Critical Writing from Winchester University. Damhnait is an award-winning flash fiction writer with numerous publication credits. Her novella in flash, ‘The Neverlands’ was voted Best Novella in the 2020 Saboteur Awards. ‘New Girl in Little Cove’ is her debut novel, inspired by the years she spent teaching in outport Newfoundland. (*pronounced Downith)
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