Susan Colleen Browne
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An Irish story from the sleepy little village of Ballydara... In this luminous prequel to the short story "The Christmas Visitor," you'll meet the O'Donoghue family: Maeve, Declan, Nuala and Ava...and Frank, Maeve's husband. Frank is celebrating his retirement when he hears his son Declan's startling news. The next day, St. John's Eve (June 23rd), Frank heads for his favorite getaway, a secret glen, to ponder how to help his son, and perhaps make...
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The Goonies Anniversary Celebration…a Victorian haunted house…and three Astoria tweens ready for adventure…The Goonies Anniversary Celebration brings Seattle tween Morgan to Astoria, Oregon, for a fun weekend with her younger Astoria cousins, Sean and Ronan. The Anniversary festivities are in full swing at this historic riverfront town, plus the boys have just entered a spooky contest inspired by the movie. When the boys ask Morgan to help them...
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A summer in Seattle, a charming little shop, and the once-in-a-lifetime chance at a new life...In this sparkling novella, Dublin girl Emma Carey jumps at the opportunity to start fresh in America-her old friend Fitzwilliam has offered her a job running a picturesque Irish shop in Seattle. At 30, she's always played it safe, but the shop sounds perfect-and Emma's wise younger sister Hazel is entirely supportive. Arriving in Seattle, Emma discovers...
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What happens when an unlikely friendship turns to something more? This Special Edition of Becoming Emma includes two previously published, connected short stories, The Secret Well and The Christmas Visitor! An office attraction and a sisters' love story... Dublin girl Emma Carey has just embarked on another fresh start-the job of her dreams at Ireland Place, an Irish arts center in a picturesque Victorian mansion near Seattle. At thirty-one, sweet,...
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Fifth-grader Morgan has chosen the coolest costume ever-a dead bride. But when she finds a strange fortune-telling machine at the mall on Halloween, she has no way of knowing that she has encountered some powerful magic - and entered a world where her Halloween costume has become all too real…The next day, on the Dia de los Muertos, the "Day of the Dead," she faces a terrible dilemma…Will Morgan and her best friend Claire be able to break the...
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A Christmas fantasy-adventure, perfect for tweens, grandparents and anyone who is young at heart…Christmas is coming, and Seattle fifth-grader Morgan is the new girl at school. Missing her best friend Claire and feeling like her parents just don't understand her, she thinks winning a class photo competition is the only way she'll make new friends. All she wants is to have her own family's holiday traditions, then life can feel normal again. When...
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A lonely cottage in the Irish countryside...a rare snowstorm the night before Christmas Eve...In this sequel to the Irish short story, The Secret Well, recent widow Maeve O'Donoghue hasn't the heart to celebrate Christmas this year, even though she's taking care of her young granddaughters. All that changes when a mysterious stranger, a young woman, arrives at her home, seeking shelter for the night. In this tender, magical tale, an unexpected blessing,...
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Escape to the cozy Irish village of Ballydara, where you'll discover the strength of family bonds, a warm community, and enduring love... Kerry McCormack, an Irish wife and mother, longs to trade her cubicle-bound job for a simpler life. At 33, she has an outwardly successful marriage to steady, successful Stephen. He's had an abiding passion for her since the first time he saw her, and has been a steadfast father to her son Jamie.
Yet after a recent,...
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Little Farm in the Henhouse brings you the joys and challenges of keeping a backyard flock of laying hens--with tips and techniques for healthy, happy chickens!When city girl Susan moves out to the country to start a homestead, getting a few hens seems like a great idea. Problem: what little she knew about farm animals was what she read in books. Still, since Susan and her husband John are big on self-reliance, they forge ahead with their plan for...
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When two Boomers flee the city for a slower, simpler, and more serene lifestyle, they discover that simplicity can get awfully complicated... and life becomes anything but serene.
In this award-winning, true-life tale for gardeners, nature-lovers, and dreamers of all ages, Little Farm in the Foothills follows a midlife couple's pursuit of the "new" Great American Dream-living closer to the land-as they start growing their own organic food, living...
11) Little Farm in the Garden: A Practical Mini-Guide for Raising Selected Fruits and Vegetables Home
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From the author of the "Little Farm" homesteading memoirs comes a friendly, down-to-earth little guide for starting and maintaining a thriving food garden. Right now, we're in the middle of a global health crisis-and perhaps you're feeling helpless and anxious about the future. But there is something you and I and everyone else can do about this tragic, unforeseen situation: Grow some of your own food-in a pot, a small plot or a garden. In "normal"...
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Just in time for St. Patrick's Day...An uplifting romantic tale, a nanny-boss love story, a ramshackle cottage in a quaint Irish village…With her career going down the tubes, Dublin girl Emma Carey vows to fulfill her one, simple New Year's resolution: make a quick journey to rural County Galway, to do a small favor for her former colleague, Declan O'Donoghue-a man who had almost been a friend. And who, for a lovely little while, had been more than...
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After two city-bred Boomers weather their first, tumultuous year on their rural backyard farm, the couple foresees smooth sailing for the future...then they discover their homesteading journey has only begun. In this sequel to the award-winning memoir, Little Farm in the Foothills, Little Farm Homegrown follows the continuing adventures of modern homesteaders Susan and her husband John as they pursue organic food-growing and self-reliance in the foothills...