Strange Sally Diamond

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Liz Nugent's character writing is exemplary, creating a strong empathy with Sally Diamond and her struggles. The plot is as deep and dark as it gets, multi-layered with 'who knew what when?' as the strands come together and the finer details get filled in. Irish News ‘You could have stopped this’ – Joe Brolly says President Joe Biden should be ‘ashamed’ by position on Israel 15:14

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Courts Man in prison awarded €20,000 in damages against Parnell GAA Club after scald by gravy spill Sally is an appealing character—strange, yes, but also engagingly literal. Nugent hits exactly the right tone of empathy and optimism." There’s the usual trademark Liz Nugent disturbing content, but with a heart-felt dose of humanity to balance things out." No one gets into damaged people's heads like Liz Nugent - I'd have known this was her writing even if her name had been deleted from the cover. Moving, thrilling, enraging and impossible to put down Erin KellySally hasn’t had Thank you for the review. I’ve just started reading and my first impression was that this might be a book my 16 year old would enjoy as a neurodivergent person. Thanks for warning me that it isn’t. They were done so well. There are good characters and evil characters. I loved Sally the best and loved watching her grow up and meeting friends and following her conversations with them. Put me out with the bins,' he said, regularly. 'When I die, put me out with the bins. I'll be dead, so I won't know any different. You'll be crying your eyes out,' and he would laugh and I'd laugh too because we both knew that I wouldn't be crying my eyes out. I never cry. So begins the book, where Sally Diamond takes these instructions literally and indeed tries to incinerate her oul da after he dies. She doesn't see what the fuss is about, as she was just following his wishes. This results in a lot of headlines, and a light is shone on Sally's past, resulting in a media frenzy. Childhood

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Liz Nugent has written a haunting and poignant tale with a full palette of emotions, one that won’t be easy to forget any time soon. A skilled author, she has certainly done her homework and her storytelling is powerful and captivating. Elizabeth wrote: "This was a really great review. I read part of it before I read the book and wish I had read the whole review, so I would have read the book more thoughtfully. Spot on." Forty something Sally Diamond put her deceased father out with the rubbish. Nothing wrong with that is there? Well that’s what Sally believes anyway, because her father had always said it - “Just put me out with the bin” The fact that he said it with a laugh didn’t make any difference to Sally, because Sally isn’t like other people, she’s a bit strange. Socially deficient is how her father has always described her. Sally's Dad told her to put him out with the trash when he dies. He said that he would be dead so he would not know any difference. So when he dies Sally follows his instructions. He was 80 years old and small. She put him in a large garden trash bag and put it in the barn and carefully put it in the incinerator barrel and put some Petro over the top and set it going. She is now the center of attention from the media.I absolutely loved this book. Liz Nugent does not put a foot wrong. It's tense, it's creepy, it's foreboding and unflinching . . . Deeply unsettling and deeply brilliant! Edel Coffey