Hand in the Till - Hansen, Gerald
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¿Comic Irish writing at its best¿--Colin Quinn, comedian. ¿The Troubles¿ of Northern Ireland are history, and in the city of Derry, former foes Catholics and Protestants are living happily side by side. Or are they? Hardened mother of seven unruly thugs, Fionnuala Flood, gets more than she bargains for when she buys a case on the black market that contains not canned potatoes or turnips, but explosives. And a wilting branch of the defunct IRA will stop at nothing to get it back. Adding to Fionnuala's woes, her two oldest sons are in prison, her husband's hands are fondling more than frozen…mehr

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¿Comic Irish writing at its best¿--Colin Quinn, comedian. ¿The Troubles¿ of Northern Ireland are history, and in the city of Derry, former foes Catholics and Protestants are living happily side by side. Or are they? Hardened mother of seven unruly thugs, Fionnuala Flood, gets more than she bargains for when she buys a case on the black market that contains not canned potatoes or turnips, but explosives. And a wilting branch of the defunct IRA will stop at nothing to get it back. Adding to Fionnuala's woes, her two oldest sons are in prison, her husband's hands are fondling more than frozen fish at the packing plant, and her lesbian daughter has just published a book exposing the family's attempts to get their claws into Auntie Ursula Barnett's lottery winnings the year before. Daughter Dymphna, unwed mother, has just been kicked out of her boyfriend's house, adding two more mouths to feed. And worst of all, daughter Siofra's middle school is hosting a multi-denominational talent contest, Fingers Across the Foyle, which is supposed to build harmony, but will pit the Catholic students against their Protestant rivals. Siofra wants to nab the grand prize, a trip to Belfast to meet her idol Miley Cyrus in concert. Fionnuala is having none of it. Will the Semtex explode or will sanity prevail? Throw in bottles of hallucinogenic absinthe, Ursula coming back to town for a showdown, and an old VCR tape that might change the world, and you have Hand In The Till, a darkly comic look at revenge, retribution and, perhaps, reconciliation.
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Best-selling author Gerald Hansen was a Navy brat, starting school in Thailand, graduating high school in Iceland, with Germany, California and his mother's hometown of Derry, Northern Ireland in between. He attended Dublin City University, and also lived in London and Berlin. The first of the ever-expanding Derry Women Series, An Embarrassment of Riches, was an ABNA semifinalist in 2011. He loves music, spicy food, wearing Ben Sherman and traveling the world (still!). He has a travelogue series, Around The World With Jet Lag Jerry, which is about his trips to the Seven Modern Wonders of the World. He now lives in New York City. In order to give different types of readers the experience they want, Hansen has two versions of most of his Derry Women Series books available. There are the original versions, which are perhaps more authentic, and also PG versions, where the strongest language has been toned down for a gentler reading experience. For Hansen's special deals and freebies, sign up for his mailing list here: http://eepurl.com/cKqMYD Photo by Marcin Kaliski