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Elizabeth Merry

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Dublin 6, Ireland, Ireland

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Fiction, Poetry, Children's

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William Trevor, Annie Proulx, Ann Patchett

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April 2020

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Elizabeth Merry was born in Bangor, Co Down in the province of Ulster, but has lived most of her adult life in Dublin. She began writing many years ago, mostly for children - short stories and plays.

During 2020, and to date in 2021, Elizabeth has published four books:

WE ALL DIE IN THE END, a collection of interlinked stories, full of dark humour and eccentric characters.

MINUS ONE; a poetry collection, which charts the author’s life.

And two novels for children, FELIX FINDS OUT, and GHOSTS IN TROUBLE.

All are available in paperback and on Kindle, from Amazon, where you can read 5 star reviews.

To find information on all books please click on the link:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Elizabeth-Me...
The author also writes a blog, posting favourite quote ...more

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Average rating: 4.48 · 33 ratings · 24 reviews · 5 distinct works

	We All Die In the End: Scenes From a Small Town 4.39 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2020 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Poetry Treasures 2: Relationships by Kaye Lynne Booth (Goodreads Author), Robbie Cheadle (Goodreads Author), Colleen M. Chesebro (Goodreads Author) 4.80 avg rating — 10 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	MINUS ONE: With Haikus and Other Poems: The Story of a Life 4.67 avg rating — 9 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	FELIX FINDS OUT it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2021 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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LAMENT – a poem from Minus One

LAMENT

“My mouth is stretched –

A soundless wail of anguish

For the sorrows of the world

An eye into hell

In the corner of my room

Cry out your lamentations

Prostrate yourselves

And weep, and weep, and weep.”

I wrote this poem long ago, but I am revisiting it now for Ukraine. What’s happening there is inconceivable.

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Beyond the Horizon

by Eoin Lane (Goodreads Author)

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Elizabeth Merry said: " This is the story of an artist’s life, mind, body, and spirit: I found it fascinating, hypnotic, rhythmic, exquisite.
“The rain was in her eyes and she couldn’t see through the rain. She couldn’t see through the fog and the rain in her eyes.”
“A storm This is the story of an artist’s life, mind, body, and spirit: I found it fascinating, hypnotic, rhythmic, exquisite.
“The rain was in her eyes and she couldn’t see through the rain. She couldn’t see through the fog and the rain in her eyes.”
“A storm of sea voices. Coming through the crack in the wall. On the wind. Voices in the deep. Underwater. Deep. Down. Deep. Strands and fronds of seaweed strangling.”
The artist is Colin Larkin, whose father drowns when he is six years old. Colin nearly drowns too, and this episode is the well-spring of his life. For a long while he is withdrawn and doesn’t speak but eventually, he returns to school, and he begins to draw. For the rest of his life the sea fills his being and his canvases. He has a particular affinity for the works of Paul Henry and longs for islands, for solitude, for the sea and sky.
I enjoyed his early family life with his sister and his two brothers, and his wonderful mother. It wouldn’t be enough to say she was wise and loving – she embodied wisdom and love. For fear of spoilers, I will say no more about the story which explores different types of love and devotion. But I will say that Aisling is the loving heart of his life from the very day meets her:
“Her words swinging in like the first peals of a bell that would ring all around him for years . . . “
When Colin finds an island he loves, and begins to work, we get a wonderful insight into the mind of a painter. We are there with him looking at the immense sky and sea. We experience his complete absorption in putting down what he sees. The prose and the sensitivities of Colin make me feel like I’m half alive and missing out, and I am resolved to look at everything I see, to listen to what I hear, to absorb the reality around me.
There are some snatches of poetry (Yeats) here and there which make me both sad and glad to think of all the beauty in this world, all the words and pictures and music, and the earth itself, particularly Ireland.
Colin describes some of his paintings as ethereal; for me, the whole book is ethereal. To say I give it five stars seems irrelevant, and a bit daft. ...more "

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Too long I used to like Robert Goddard. This book is too long drawn out, to the point of boredom. It begins well but that's it. ...more
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And live like it's heaven on earth.”
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“Speaking was a habit she'd gotten into years ago, in the distant past, and now that she'd stopped she felt no desire to start again. It was pointless anyway - all the blah-blah-blabbing and, still, no one understood each other.”
― Mary Beth Keane, Ask Again, Yes