Across the Divide

Product Description
What happens when your best friend ought to be your enemy? Liam and Nora form an unlikely friendship when he lends her a helping hand during a music competition.

Liam’s father, a mechanic, is a proud trade union member, while Nora’s father is a prosperous wine importer.

When Jim Larkin takes on the might of the employers in 1913, resulting in strikes, riots and lockouts, Liam and Nora’s friendship is challenged and their loyalties torn.

Caught up in events that they don’t fully understand, the two come face to face with hardship and danger, but also find humour and generosity as they set out on an adventure that may make or break their friendship, but will definitely change their lives forever.

The historical events of the Dublin 1913 Lockout is vividly portrayed through the lives of two young friends.

About the Author.

Brian Gallagher was born in Dublin. He is a full-time writer whose plays and short stories have been produced in Ireland, Britain and Canada. He has written extensively for radio and television and is one of the scriptwriters on RTE’s long-running drama Fair City. He collaborated with composer Shaun Purcell on the musical, Larkin, for which he wrote the book and lyrics, and on Winds of Change for RTE’s Lyric FM. His latest show is Whiskey in the Jar, a musical for which he wrote the book and lyrics, with music by Dave ‘Doc’ O’Connor. His novels Invincible, Flight, Payback and Pursuit have won widespread praise, and he is currently working on a new novel. Outside of writing his interests include travel, tennis, music and inland waterways. He lives with his family in Dublin.