Catherine Barry http://www.catherinebarry.net/ Catherine Barry - Irish novelist. Copyright 2005 Thu, 23 Jun 2005 16:40:59 +0000 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.15 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss A colourful marriage Taken from the best-selling collection 'Moments Short Stories by Irish Women Writers in Aid of the Victims of the Tsunami'.

I find Heather upstairs in my bedroom. She is sprawled on her stomach, legs in scissor like formation. She has the television on full blast as per usual. I turn it down slightly. She giggles.

]]> http://www.catherinebarry.net/blog/2005/06/a_colourful_mar.html http://www.catherinebarry.net/blog/2005/06/a_colourful_mar.html Extracts of Novels Thu, 23 Jun 2005 16:40:59 +0000 Skin Deep - the new novel from Catherine Barry 'Rich with Irish humour and universal truths, Skin Deep cuts through the world's outer shell to reveal real, flawed people you care about ... by turns witty and tragic: its poignancy will remain long after you've read it' - Cathy Kelly

Skin Deep is available from bookstores now...

]]> http://www.catherinebarry.net/blog/2005/06/skin_deep_the_n.html http://www.catherinebarry.net/blog/2005/06/skin_deep_the_n.html Novels Thu, 23 Jun 2005 16:29:11 +0000 The 28th Day - extract From the Collection Irish Girls About Town

I am sitting at the breakfast table with my husband Michael, the man I normally love cherish and adore. Only I will not love and cherish and adore him for the next 24 hours. I will detest, despise and resent the very air he breathes because I have p.m.t.

]]> http://www.catherinebarry.net/blog/2005/06/the_28th_day_ex.html http://www.catherinebarry.net/blog/2005/06/the_28th_day_ex.html Short Stories Thu, 23 Jun 2005 08:47:46 +0000 PMT - The Real Weapon of Mass Destruction Ever wanted to kill your husband? Well, you're not the only one...

]]> http://www.catherinebarry.net/blog/2005/06/pmt_the_real_we.html http://www.catherinebarry.net/blog/2005/06/pmt_the_real_we.html Articles Sat, 11 Jun 2005 13:21:40 +0000 Eminem and the Bockady People I love Eminem. There. It’s out. I will say it again. I just love Eminem. I am the mother of two small children, regard myself as a pretty good role model, have raised my kids very well, and they have turned out wonderful. But I still love Eminem…

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]]> http://www.catherinebarry.net/blog/2005/02/irish_girls_abo.html http://www.catherinebarry.net/blog/2005/02/irish_girls_abo.html Novels Tue, 01 Feb 2005 16:30:46 +0000 Who is Catherine Barry? Can looking good on the outside, heal the inside? This is the basic question which drove Irish author Catherine Barry to explore the modern fascination with plastic surgery...

]]> http://www.catherinebarry.net/blog/2005/02/who_is_catherin.html http://www.catherinebarry.net/blog/2005/02/who_is_catherin.html Biography Tue, 01 Feb 2005 13:17:33 +0000 Skin Deep - Chapter One From a very early age I refused to use my Christian name. My mother had seen it only right and fitting to christen me with a name that was truly cruel. I dealt with it as best I could. I simply insisted my name was Finn. Everybody called me Finn, and if they didn’t, they soon learned to.

]]> http://www.catherinebarry.net/blog/2005/02/skin_deep_extra.html http://www.catherinebarry.net/blog/2005/02/skin_deep_extra.html Extracts of Novels Tue, 01 Feb 2005 08:39:41 +0000 Null and Void - extract "Ruby held the letter tightly. It had been three months since she had made the initial application to the Catholic Church for an Annulment. She hadn’t expected an appointment so soon..."

]]> http://www.catherinebarry.net/blog/2005/01/null_and_void_e_1.html http://www.catherinebarry.net/blog/2005/01/null_and_void_e_1.html Extracts of Novels Mon, 03 Jan 2005 08:42:55 +0000 The House That Jack Built Chapter One "I lost my virginity on 31/12/1978. I lost my knickers too. I reclaimed them innocently, when I stepped out of the blue Fiat Fiorinni Van, and they hula hooped around my ankles finally to crash land on the ground. (Oh look. there’s my knickers)..."

]]> http://www.catherinebarry.net/blog/2005/01/the_house_that_2.html http://www.catherinebarry.net/blog/2005/01/the_house_that_2.html Extracts of Novels Sun, 02 Jan 2005 08:46:12 +0000