First Chapter book reviews | Westmeath Independent

'There are many tense moments this week'

This week: a woman who disposes of abusive men

'It’s all about Cork this week'

First Chapter: Books with Anne Cunningham

This week: a beautifully produced book outlining the history of the Dublin slums

This week: a beautiful book about a sean-nós singer, offering more than her story

This week: a history of plagues and epidemics, inspired by the Covid emergency

The west coast of Ireland, and the women who made their mark there

This week: a thriller set in Russia just before the invasion of Ukraine

This week: a superb novel that reminds us it’s not just younger men whose thinking requires some adjustment when it comes to sexual relations

First Chapter book reviews: this week there’s all kinds of self-help on offer

This week: a welcome new biography of John McGahern

This week: Brendan Behan's columns written for the Irish Press

This week: a novel about Andy Warhol’s typist; and a tale of cousins in criminal NY