Published Books by Áine Greaney
Green Card & Other Essays (2019)
“An acutely serious contribution to the literature of immigration in our times.” ”
A collection of essays on immigration to the USA
Awards and Citations for the Essays in Green Card
The title essay was cited in “Best American Essays,” and the essay, “Sanctuary” was nominated for a Pushcart prize. “Sanctuary,” an essay about transatlantic bereavement, was also selected for inclusion in the anthology, “Paige Leaves: Essays Inspired by New England.”
Host a Reading and Book Discussion on Writing the Personal Essay or Writing about Immigration
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Dance Lessons - Novel
A contemporary novel set in rural Ireland and greater Boston (Syracuse U.P)
“A beautiful examination of three women’s lives, this novel deftly explores both relationships and solitude, with Ireland’s gorgeous countryside as backdrop.
— Booklist”
Dance Lessons is a contemporary novel set in modern Ireland and Boston.
A few months after her husband’s death, Ellen Boisvert discovers the truth about her late husband Fintan’s life before he emigrated from Ireland to Boston.
Contrary to what he had told her, Fintan was not an orphan. Instead, his mother Jo is alive and managing the family farm in Ireland.
Ellen travels to Ireland to visit Jo’s hillside farm and the lakeside village of Gowna. There, she begins to uncover all of Fintan’s lies—and to make peace with her short and turbulent marriage.
I retain the film and TV rights to “Dance Lessons.’ Inquiries here.
Dance Lessons was one of 20 books chosen by the Women's National Book Association for National Reading Group Month.
The book was shortlisted for the Rubery International Book Award (U.K.) and selected as a Top Ten Irish Summer Read by IrishCentral.
Read some reviews of Dance Lessons at my book review page.
A Gift for the Writer in Your Life (Penguin/Random House)
Writer with a Day Job
“You can work full time and still have a productive writing life. Many writers waste time waiting for the day they can finally quit their day jobs and live the so-called writing dream. Don’t wait. You can do both – and your writing will be the better for it.”
Buy Writer with a Day Job here.
The Big House (Contemporary novel set in rural Ireland and London)
Note: “The big house” was the colloquial term for one of the grand, “Downton Abbey--styled” mansions left behind from Ireland’s colonial days.
John McHugh, a wealthy expatriate developer, buys and starts to refurbish the village's Downton-Abbey-styled house in a remote Irish village.
John’s purchase incites a pitched battle between the village’s native and newly arrived residents and between those who want to forget or remember Ireland’s colonial past.
His purchase also sparks his reluctant romance with Susan, the English-born great granddaughter of the house's last Colonial-era land agent.
The Big House is now out of print, though some used copies are available through Amazon.
I retain T.V. and film rights. Inquiries here.