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Deirdre Purcell


Ireland (b.1945)

Deirdre Purcell was born and brought up in Dublin. Before turning to writing fiction, she lived through an eclectic set of careers, including acting, as a member of the permanent company of Ireland's National Theatre (The Abbey), and journalism for all media - for which she won Ireland's top awards.
 

Genres: Romance, General Fiction, Mystery
 
Novels
   A Place of Stones (1991)
   That Childhood Country (1992)
   Falling for a Dancer (1993)
   Francey (1994)
   Ashes of Roses (1994)
   Sky (1996)
   Roses After Rain (1996)
   Love Like Hate Adore (1997)
   Entertaining Ambrose (2000)
   Marble Gardens (2002)
   Last Summer in Arcadia (2003)
   Children of Eve (2004)
   Tell Me Your Secret (2006)
   Days We Remember (2008)
   Pearl (2010)
   The Winter Gathering (2013)
   The Husband (2016)
   The Christmas Voyage (2017)
   Grace in Winter (2019)
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Non fiction
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Omnibus editions
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Series contributed to
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Awards
Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction Best Book nominee (1998) : Love Like Hate Adore
Women's Prize For Fiction Best Novel nominee (1998) : Love Like Hate Adore


Deirdre Purcell recommends
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Coming Home (2021)
(Devereux Family Trilogy, book 3)
Marion Reynolds
"A well researched and insightful story of a family which could be our own."
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It Means Mischief (1998)
(Deirdre O'Dare, book 1)
Kate Thompson
"Irresistible."

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