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From Banned to Beloved
Irish novelist and memorialist Edna O'Brien passed away in July 2024 aged 93. This photograph of O'Brien was taken by Cecil Beaton in 1971. Once banned and branded obscene, her novel,The Country Girls, is now celebrated as a groundbreaking, quietly radical novel that gave voice to young Irish women’s inner lives—and which still resonates powerfully today.
Frederick Backman's A Man Called Ove
There will always be a moment of crisis in life, but what matters is to live each day fully — connecting deeply with others, offering help selflessly, and keeping hope and faith in life, as is profoundly visible in Backman’s novel.
