By invitation, a number of local bookclubs have come together to read the chosen book, Greener, by local writer, Gráinne Murphy. 

What would you do if you went to visit your father in your childhood home, walked up the path and knocked on the door, only to have it opened by your ex-best friend from your teenage years? 

As teenagers, Helen, Annie and Laura were inseparable. Hanging out in Helen’s house, they bonded over family, boys, and their dreams for the future. But when school ended, so did their friendship. Twenty-five years later, the three women are forced to spend time together, leaving them wondering if they can reconcile the gap between who they are and who they used to be. They say you can never make new old friends – but are they right?

Gráinne is a novelist and short story writer, with four literary fiction books published by Legend Press (UK), most recently Greener (2024) and Winter People (2022). Her short stories have been shortlisted for the Royal Society of Literature V.S. Pritchett Short Story Prize and longlisted for the Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award, among others.  

Please contact Kinsale Library at kinsalelibrary@corkcoco.ie or 021 4774266 if your bookclub would like to attend.