Insķonn Susan óg an scéal fķorspéisiśil tochtmhar seo faoin samhradh nuair a bhķ sķ ocht mbliana daois, agus nuair ba bheag nįr bįdh a dearthįir Bruno san fharraige. Déirigh léi snįmh ar ais chuig an trį leis, įit ar éirigh sé an-tinn. Agus é san ospidéal, is minic a bhķonn Susan agus a deirfiśr leo féin. Seo scéal faoi athrś, fįs agus dóchas atį į insint ag cailķn óg nach dtuigeann cad atį ag tarlś. Tį téamaķ éagsśla sa scéal; an gaol atį ag forbairt idir an triśr pįistķ, cineįltas strainséirķ, an tacaķocht agus an grį i dteaghlach atį cabhair uathu agus atį įdhśil le teacht air.
Young Susan tells this gripping and moving tale about the summer when she was eight years old, and her brother Bruno nearly drowns in the sea. She gets him back to shore where he becomes seriously ill. While he is in hospital, Susan and sister Peanut are often left alone. This is a story about change, growth and hope told through the eyes of a child who does not understand what is happening. It covers the developing relationship of the three children, the kindness of strangers, the support and love in a family that needs assistance, and is fortunate enough to find it.
Tógadh agus cuireadh oideachas ar Mary Stanley i mBaile Įtha Cliath. Bhķ an-dķol ar a céad śrscéal, Retreat (2001). Scrķobh sķ na hśrscéalta seo freisin: Missing (2002), Revenge (2003), Searching for Home (2005) agus The Lost Garden (2006). I bpairt le New Island foilsķodh The Umbrella Tree (2009) agus The Hijacking of Cassie Peters (2013) chomh maith leis na nóibhillķ An Angel at my Back agus Bruno, Peanut and Me sa tsraith Open Door le New Island. Tį a lįn gearrscéalta scrķofa aici, atį le feiceįil i mbailiśchįin éagsśla agus le cloisteįil ar Raidió RTÉ, agus oibrķonn sķ freisin mar iriseoir agus eagarthóir.
Mary Stanley was raised and educated in Dublin. Her début novel, Retreat (2001), was a bestseller. Her other novels include: Missing (2002), Revenge (2003), Searching for Home (2005) and The Lost Garden (2006). With New Island she has published The Umbrella Tree (2009) and The Hijacking of Cassie Peters (2013) as well as An Angel at My Back and Bruno, Peanut and Me, as novellas in New Islands Open Door Series. She has written numerous short stories, which appear in different collections and on RTÉ Radio, and also works as a journalist and editor.
