Sample Saturday is when I wade through the eleventy billion samples I have downloaded on my Kindle. I’m slowly chipping away and deciding whether it’s buy or bye. All of these selections came via Cathy’s post about new Irish authors.

This Happy by Niamh Campbell

Summary: When Alannah was 23, she met a man who was older than her – a married man – and fell in love. Things happened suddenly. They met in April, and in August, they went to stay in rural Ireland. Six years later, when Alannah is newly married to another man, she sees a person from her rural days, and memories come flooding back, along with the realisation that she has been waiting – all this time – to be rediscovered.

I’m thinking: Yes.

Though the Bodies Fall by Noel O’Regan

Summary: Micheál Burns lives alone in his family’s bungalow at the end of Kerry Head in Ireland. It is a picturesque place, but the cliffs have a darker side – as a suicide black spot. Micheál’s mother saw the saving of these lost souls – these visitors – as her spiritual duty, and now, in the wreckage of his life, Micheál finds himself continuing her work. When his sisters tell him that they want to sell the land, he must choose between his siblings and the visitors.

I’m thinking: Yes.

Falling Animals by Sheila Armstrong

Summary: On an isolated beach, a pale figure sits serenely against a sand dune staring out to sea. His hands are folded neatly in his lap and there is a faint smile on his otherwise lifeless face. Months later, after a fruitless investigation, the nameless stranger is buried in an unmarked grave. But the mystery of his life and death lingers on, drawing the nearby villagers into its wake. From strandings to shipwrecks, it is not the first time that strangeness has washed up on their shores.

I’m thinking: No.

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