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Time Standing Still: A collection of short stories and other musings
Librarian Note: Alternate Cover Edition for ASIN: B004RPX1VE.
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A collection of short stories and other musings on writing. Stories cover genres of realism to horror with many inspiring larger works through novels and screenplays.
Out of Print
A collection of short stories and other musings on writing. Stories cover genres of realism to horror with many inspiring larger works through novels and screenplays.
53 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 10, 2011
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About the author
Caroline E. Farrell
3 books22 followersPraise for LADY BETH
>>ERIC HOFFER BOOK AWARDS Prize Winner 2019 | 1st Runner-Up in Crime/Mystery Category<<
>>WINNER! CAP AWARD 2017 (BEST NOVEL) <<
"A very worthy winner of the C.A.P. Novel Award 2017, LADY BETH by Caroline E Farrell is a thrilling journey into a dangerous world fueled with tension and high stakes. It delivers exceptional characters and terrific prose within a page-turning unrelenting story that digs deep into the underbelly of our capital city." Louise Phillips
“The book has something—drive, pace, a feeling for the Dublin city centre drug scene and the welfare class milieu—and particularly a really well-judged scale. The number of players, the speed of the plot and the extent to which they interact with each other have a satisfying correctness to them.” Books Ireland.
"Lady Beth is a perfectly paced page-turner of a novel which keeps the tension taut at all times. The darker side of Dublin city is perfectly judged, with well-rounded characters filling out the scenes around the titular Beth. Beth herself is a fantastic character moving seamlessly from unassuming office worker to avenging mother with an impressive lack of melodrama. Caroline has a filmic eye and the book swirls with a wonderful noir atmosphere as Beth digs deep into her past in order to build herself a future." 746 Books
"The writing here is sparse, powerful, and the novel's greatest strength. Every page has a memorable line." The Booklife Prize, 2017
Caroline is a writer and filmmaker from Dublin, Ireland. Author of LADY BETH, Caroline has also written several award winning screenplays, including her short films, ADAM (2013) and IN RIBBONS (2015). She is the writer and director of FRAMED, winner of The Underground Cinema Film Festival Best Short Horror Film 2019.
>>ERIC HOFFER BOOK AWARDS Prize Winner 2019 | 1st Runner-Up in Crime/Mystery Category<<
>>WINNER! CAP AWARD 2017 (BEST NOVEL) <<
"A very worthy winner of the C.A.P. Novel Award 2017, LADY BETH by Caroline E Farrell is a thrilling journey into a dangerous world fueled with tension and high stakes. It delivers exceptional characters and terrific prose within a page-turning unrelenting story that digs deep into the underbelly of our capital city." Louise Phillips
“The book has something—drive, pace, a feeling for the Dublin city centre drug scene and the welfare class milieu—and particularly a really well-judged scale. The number of players, the speed of the plot and the extent to which they interact with each other have a satisfying correctness to them.” Books Ireland.
"Lady Beth is a perfectly paced page-turner of a novel which keeps the tension taut at all times. The darker side of Dublin city is perfectly judged, with well-rounded characters filling out the scenes around the titular Beth. Beth herself is a fantastic character moving seamlessly from unassuming office worker to avenging mother with an impressive lack of melodrama. Caroline has a filmic eye and the book swirls with a wonderful noir atmosphere as Beth digs deep into her past in order to build herself a future." 746 Books
"The writing here is sparse, powerful, and the novel's greatest strength. Every page has a memorable line." The Booklife Prize, 2017
Caroline is a writer and filmmaker from Dublin, Ireland. Author of LADY BETH, Caroline has also written several award winning screenplays, including her short films, ADAM (2013) and IN RIBBONS (2015). She is the writer and director of FRAMED, winner of The Underground Cinema Film Festival Best Short Horror Film 2019.
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January 4, 2012
Really I'd probably go 3.5 stars on this one - good stories and I enjoyed them all!
Time Standing Still is a diverse and intriguing collection of short stories. Farrell focuses mainly on the tough times that can be experienced life – true life obstacles to which readers can relate, but she also tells one story of fictional horror.
Readers will experience sadness, compassion, hope, fear, revulsion, and maybe even some happiness – I did. In her note to readers, Farrell writes, “…though my stories might not be light and airy tales of joy”, I think this is what I liked most about her stories. I don’t want short, sweet happy endings, especially with a short story. Farrell’s stories will make you think, they’ll make you feel, they’ll even make you remember in some instances – the characters in these stories don’t feel fictional; they feel like old friends or family members. I can go on with these stories in my mind and build further lives and outcomes for the characters and it was refreshing to read something that did feel so real; something that didn’t end with the perfect solution – wrapped up tightly with a fancy bow.
I’m not going to review/summarize the stories separately here because the author has done that quite well at the beginning of her book. Additionally, I cannot pick a favorite – I tried; simply cannot do it! I enjoyed each story in a different way and I connected to the stories in different ways.
Time Standing Still is a diverse and intriguing collection of short stories. Farrell focuses mainly on the tough times that can be experienced life – true life obstacles to which readers can relate, but she also tells one story of fictional horror.
Readers will experience sadness, compassion, hope, fear, revulsion, and maybe even some happiness – I did. In her note to readers, Farrell writes, “…though my stories might not be light and airy tales of joy”, I think this is what I liked most about her stories. I don’t want short, sweet happy endings, especially with a short story. Farrell’s stories will make you think, they’ll make you feel, they’ll even make you remember in some instances – the characters in these stories don’t feel fictional; they feel like old friends or family members. I can go on with these stories in my mind and build further lives and outcomes for the characters and it was refreshing to read something that did feel so real; something that didn’t end with the perfect solution – wrapped up tightly with a fancy bow.
I’m not going to review/summarize the stories separately here because the author has done that quite well at the beginning of her book. Additionally, I cannot pick a favorite – I tried; simply cannot do it! I enjoyed each story in a different way and I connected to the stories in different ways.
May 25, 2011
A small selection of short stories it may be, but they are all finely written depictions of lives in motion. The stories don't depict grandiose themes, or great adventure, but those small moments that might seem fleeting but are of great import. Here, in these little slivers of living, is where human life is really defined, and these stories are engaging, moving, and filled with human warmth, even where the story touches upon the darker aspects of human nature. Time Standing Still makes for a worthy introduction to Farrell's work. It will not disappoint.
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