Lessons From the Bench: Reflections from a Life Spent in Ireland's Criminal Courts
By: Gillian Hussey
3.66
Format: 362 pages, Hardcover
When Gillian Hussey started out in Bridewell District Court in 1984, little did she realize that sh…
Want to Read $ 31.94If you liked the nonfiction plot in Lessons From the Bench: Reflections from a Life Spent in Ireland's Criminal Courts by Gillian Hussey , here is a list of 5 books like this:
1. The Supreme Court: The Judges, the Decisions, the Rifts and the Rivalries that Have Shaped Ireland
By: Ruadhan Mac Cormaic
4.49
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
It intrigues outsiders, can make governments tremble, and has played a key role in some of the bigg… read more
Want to Read $ 10.99Similar categories in Ruadhan Mac Cormaic's The Supreme Court: The Judges, the Decisions, the Rifts and the Rivalries that Have Shaped Ireland book and Gillian Hussey's Lessons From the Bench: Reflections from a Life Spent in Ireland's Criminal Courts
- nonfiction
2. The Coroner's Daughter
By: Andrew Hughes
3.84
Format: 223 pages, Hardcover
Dublin, 1816. A young nursemaid conceals a pregnancy and then murders her newborn in the home of th… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Andrew Hughes's The Coroner's Daughter book and Gillian Hussey's Lessons From the Bench: Reflections from a Life Spent in Ireland's Criminal Courts
3. Prophet Song
By: Paul Lynch
4.10
Format: 259 pages, Kindle Edition
A fearless portrait of a society on the brink as a mother faces a terrible choice, from an internat… read more
Want to Read $ 9.10Similar categories in Paul Lynch's Prophet Song book and Gillian Hussey's Lessons From the Bench: Reflections from a Life Spent in Ireland's Criminal Courts
"people are entitled to some small moment of peace."-Paul Lynch, Prophet Song
"the child absorbing the mother’s trauma and storing it in his body for later use,"-Paul Lynch, Prophet Song
"... time is at once addition and subtraction, time adds one day to the next and always takes away from what's left..."-Paul Lynch, Prophet Song
"...knowing how it is so that all boys grow up and pull away from home to unmake the world in the guise of making it, nature decrees it so."-Paul Lynch, Prophet Song
4. The Outsider
By: Jane Casey
4.09
Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition
He came to destroy the family. Now he’s the one in danger. As an undercover police officer, Rob … read more
Want to Read $ 2.99Similar categories in Jane Casey's The Outsider book and Gillian Hussey's Lessons From the Bench: Reflections from a Life Spent in Ireland's Criminal Courts
5. A Stranger in the Family (Maeve Kerrigan #11)
By: Jane Casey
4.29
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Every mother's worst nightmare . . . When nine-year-old Rosalie Marshall vanished from her bed one … read more
Want to Read $ 11.99Similar categories in Jane Casey's A Stranger in the Family (Maeve Kerrigan #11) book and Gillian Hussey's Lessons From the Bench: Reflections from a Life Spent in Ireland's Criminal Courts
6. Water
By: John Boyne
4.33
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
The first thing Vanessa Carvin does when she arrives on the island is change her name. To the local… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in John Boyne's Water book and Gillian Hussey's Lessons From the Bench: Reflections from a Life Spent in Ireland's Criminal Courts
7. So Late in the Day
By: Claire Keegan
4.00
Format: 47 pages, Hardcover
After an uneventful Friday at the Dublin office, Cathal faces into the long weekend and takes the b… read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Claire Keegan's So Late in the Day book and Gillian Hussey's Lessons From the Bench: Reflections from a Life Spent in Ireland's Criminal Courts
8. The Bee Sting
By: Paul Murray
3.96
Format: 656 pages, Hardcover
From the author of Skippy Dies comes Paul Murray's The Bee Sting, an irresistibly funny, wise, and … read more
Want to Read $ 12.99Similar categories in Paul Murray's The Bee Sting book and Gillian Hussey's Lessons From the Bench: Reflections from a Life Spent in Ireland's Criminal Courts
"It is for love. You are doing this for love."-Paul Murray, The Bee Sting
"We all have problems. But often instead of accepting the truth about ourselves, we cover it up. We try to make ourselves the way we think we’re expected to be."-Paul Murray, The Bee Sting
"Maybe every era has an atrocity woven into its fabric. Maybe every society is complicit in terrible things and only afterwards gets around to pretending they didn’t know. When the kids ask, tell them…"-Paul Murray, The Bee Sting
"Maybe that’s how it will go – instead of one definitive cataclysm, a series of ‘anomalies’, each time lasting longer, with the stretches of what you call normal life becoming further and further apar…"-Paul Murray, The Bee Sting
9. How to Build a Boat
By: Elaine Feeney
3.78
Format: 298 pages, Paperback
This is the story of a remarkable boy and his search for his mother, told with warmth, tenderness a… read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Elaine Feeney's How to Build a Boat book and Gillian Hussey's Lessons From the Bench: Reflections from a Life Spent in Ireland's Criminal Courts
"To some, the world is filled with threats. To others, opportunities."-Elaine Feeney, How to Build a Boat
"That's dedication and if life's taught me anything, we go to what we love, eventually - we mightn't find it straight away, but we get there."-Elaine Feeney, How to Build a Boat
"...[W]hile language came readily to Tess when dealing with herself alone, having one-way conversations over all of her choices on her long walks in the woods, or on her way to school, now she no long…"-Elaine Feeney, How to Build a Boat
"How can I miss someone I have never met? Jamie said. Grief was profoundly different for both humans. One felt an intense anger he had never recovered from, the other knew something was missing, a vac…"-Elaine Feeney, How to Build a Boat
10. My Father's House (Rome Escape Line Trilogy, #1)
By: Joseph O'Connor
4.05
Format: 276 pages, Kindle Edition
From the best-selling author of Star of the Sea, a WWII-era “great escape” novel set in the Vatican… read more
Want to Read $ 11.49Similar categories in Joseph O'Connor's My Father's House (Rome Escape Line Trilogy, #1) book and Gillian Hussey's Lessons From the Bench: Reflections from a Life Spent in Ireland's Criminal Courts
"Life schools you the way no catechism will."-Joseph O'Connor, My Father's House (Rome Escape Line Trilogy, #1)
"There are times when we must permit one another to lie."-Joseph O'Connor, My Father's House (Rome Escape Line Trilogy, #1)
"I was singing in Belfast the night the Luftwaffe firebombed the theatre. That's what you call a mixed review."-Joseph O'Connor, My Father's House (Rome Escape Line Trilogy, #1)
"A religiously minded kid will often be good at lying awake all night because you need an imagination if you're going to believe."-Joseph O'Connor, My Father's House (Rome Escape Line Trilogy, #1)
11. Kala
By: Colin Walsh
3.99
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
A gripping literary page-turner from a rising Irish talent in which former friends, estranged for t… read more
Want to Read $ 13.99Similar categories in Colin Walsh's Kala book and Gillian Hussey's Lessons From the Bench: Reflections from a Life Spent in Ireland's Criminal Courts
"Vapers are cunt wands,' Donna snaps."-Colin Walsh, Kala
"I just want to switch myself off. Disconnect from everything."-Colin Walsh, Kala
"So much of the night's vague. A film strip with half the frames missing."-Colin Walsh, Kala
"Who drinks a decaf cappuccino? Be honest with yourself and get a cup of warm milk."-Colin Walsh, Kala
12. Breakdown
By: Cathy Sweeney
3.81
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
One winter morning, in contemporary Dublin, a middle-class woman wakes up next to her husband in he… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Cathy Sweeney's Breakdown book and Gillian Hussey's Lessons From the Bench: Reflections from a Life Spent in Ireland's Criminal Courts
13. Pretending
By: Holly Bourne
3.86
Format: 438 pages, Hardcover
WHY BE YOURSELF WHEN YOU CAN BE PERFECT? 'Perceptive. Hilarious. Reassuring. Brilliant.' Laura Jan… read more
Want to Read $ 7.99Similar categories in Holly Bourne's Pretending book and Gillian Hussey's Lessons From the Bench: Reflections from a Life Spent in Ireland's Criminal Courts
14. There's Something I Have to Tell You
By: Michelle McDonagh
4.04
Format: 323 pages, Kindle Edition
HOME IS WHERE THE SECRETS ARE BURIED When two bodies are found on Glenbeg Farm, the local commun… read more
Want to Read $ 7.99Similar categories in Michelle McDonagh's There's Something I Have to Tell You book and Gillian Hussey's Lessons From the Bench: Reflections from a Life Spent in Ireland's Criminal Courts
15. In Her Place
By: Edel Coffey
3.57
Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition
From the #1 bestselling author of Breaking Point and winner of Crime Novel of the Year at the An … read more
Want to Read $ 8.99Similar categories in Edel Coffey's In Her Place book and Gillian Hussey's Lessons From the Bench: Reflections from a Life Spent in Ireland's Criminal Courts
16. Body of Truth
By: Marie Cassidy
3.91
Format: 396 pages, Kindle Edition
IN THE HUNT FOR A KILLER THE SCARS OF DEATH DON'T LIE FROM IRELAND'S FORMER STATE PATHOLOGIST MA… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Marie Cassidy's Body of Truth book and Gillian Hussey's Lessons From the Bench: Reflections from a Life Spent in Ireland's Criminal Courts
17. Poor: Grit, courage, and the life-changing value of self-belief
By: Katriona O'Sullivan
4.61
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
As the middle of five kids growing up in dire poverty, the odds were low on Katriona O'Sullivan mak… read more
Want to Read $ 10.99Similar categories in Katriona O'Sullivan's Poor: Grit, courage, and the life-changing value of self-belief book and Gillian Hussey's Lessons From the Bench: Reflections from a Life Spent in Ireland's Criminal Courts
- autobiography
- nonfiction
- biography
18. Tell Me What I Am
By: Una Mannion
3.92
Format: 279 pages, Hardcover
Two women wrenched apart by a family member’s disappearance must find a way back to each other in t… read more
Want to Read $ 12.99Similar categories in Una Mannion's Tell Me What I Am book and Gillian Hussey's Lessons From the Bench: Reflections from a Life Spent in Ireland's Criminal Courts
19. Service
By: Sarah Gilmartin
4.24
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
The waitress. The chef. The chef’s wife. Three different stories, but which one contains the truth?… read more
Want to Read $ 12.99Similar categories in Sarah Gilmartin's Service book and Gillian Hussey's Lessons From the Bench: Reflections from a Life Spent in Ireland's Criminal Courts
20. Aisling Ever After
By: Emer McLysaght
4.32
Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition
Living in the Big Apple feels like a movie, especially when Aisling finds her ex-boyfriend John on … read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Emer McLysaght's Aisling Ever After book and Gillian Hussey's Lessons From the Bench: Reflections from a Life Spent in Ireland's Criminal Courts
21. Fake Law: The Truth About Justice in an Age of Lies
By: The Secret Barrister
4.20
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Could the courts really order the death of your innocent baby? Was there an illegal immigrant who c… read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in The Secret Barrister's Fake Law: The Truth About Justice in an Age of Lies book and Gillian Hussey's Lessons From the Bench: Reflections from a Life Spent in Ireland's Criminal Courts
- nonfiction
"We deceive ourselves, our cognitive dissonance only resolved by our brains reassuring us that, in spite of what anyone else might think, we know we're in the right."-The Secret Barrister, Fake Law: The Truth About Justice in an Age of Lies
22. Nothing But The Truth
By: The Secret Barrister
4.09
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Just how do you become a barrister? Why do only 1 per cent of those who study law succeed in joinin… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in The Secret Barrister's Nothing But The Truth book and Gillian Hussey's Lessons From the Bench: Reflections from a Life Spent in Ireland's Criminal Courts
- nonfiction
- biography
23. Aisling and the City
By: Emer McLysaght
4.08
Format: 402 pages, None
Aisling is 31, and she’s still a complete Aisling. With BallyGoBrunch flying and the door firmly cl… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Emer McLysaght's Aisling and the City book and Gillian Hussey's Lessons From the Bench: Reflections from a Life Spent in Ireland's Criminal Courts
24. Marzahn, mon amour: Geschichten einer Fußpflegerin
By: Katja Oskamp
3.91
Format: 144 pages, Kindle Edition
Katja Oskamp ist Mitte vierzig, als ihr das Leben fad wird. Das Kind ist aus dem Haus, der Mann ist… read more
Want to Read $ 9.71Similar categories in Katja Oskamp's Marzahn, mon amour: Geschichten einer Fußpflegerin book and Gillian Hussey's Lessons From the Bench: Reflections from a Life Spent in Ireland's Criminal Courts
"One of the women was a blonde from Eastern Europe who wore sweaters interwoven with gold. She had the loveliest uniform out of all of us, a tunic with a cinched waist and diagonally arranged buttons.…"-Katja Oskamp, Marzahn, mon amour: Geschichten einer Fußpflegerin
25. The Forester's Daughter
By: Claire Keegan
4.07
Format: 68 pages, Paperback
Faber Stories, a landmark series of individual volumes, presents masters of the short story form at… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Claire Keegan's The Forester's Daughter book and Gillian Hussey's Lessons From the Bench: Reflections from a Life Spent in Ireland's Criminal Courts
26. Hide and Seek
By: Andrea Mara
4.15
Format: 337 pages, Paperback
CLOSE YOUR EYESThe game of hide and seek is over, everyone has gone home, but little Lily Murphy ha… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Andrea Mara's Hide and Seek book and Gillian Hussey's Lessons From the Bench: Reflections from a Life Spent in Ireland's Criminal Courts
27. Three Little Birds
By: Sam Blake
3.78
Format: 480 pages, ebook
Two decades of secrets. One shocking discovery... When a skull is found in Lough Coyne, facial r… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Sam Blake's Three Little Birds book and Gillian Hussey's Lessons From the Bench: Reflections from a Life Spent in Ireland's Criminal Courts
28. My Hot Friend
By: Sophie White
4.11
Format: 468 pages, Kindle Edition
Lexi is on top of the world The podcast she co-hosts with her ride-or-die bestie is going stratosp… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Sophie White's My Hot Friend book and Gillian Hussey's Lessons From the Bench: Reflections from a Life Spent in Ireland's Criminal Courts
29. Madhouse: The naked truth about my chaotic childhood, losing my mind and finding a place to call home
By: PJ Gallagher
4.27
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Nothing about PJ Gallagher's life has followed the usual script . . . Adopted at six months old by … read more
Want to Read $ 10.49Similar categories in PJ Gallagher's Madhouse: The naked truth about my chaotic childhood, losing my mind and finding a place to call home book and Gillian Hussey's Lessons From the Bench: Reflections from a Life Spent in Ireland's Criminal Courts
30. The Murderer and the Taoiseach: Death, Politics and GUBU - Revisiting the Notorious Malcolm Macarthur Case
By: Harry McGee
4.21
Format: 323 pages, Kindle Edition
'An incredible and compelling story' MATT COOPER'Gripping, unpretentious, brilliant and unputdownab… read more
Want to Read $ 5.99Similar categories in Harry McGee's The Murderer and the Taoiseach: Death, Politics and GUBU - Revisiting the Notorious Malcolm Macarthur Case book and Gillian Hussey's Lessons From the Bench: Reflections from a Life Spent in Ireland's Criminal Courts
31. Lessons From the Bench: Reflections from a Life Spent in Ireland's Criminal Courts
By: Gillian Hussey
3.66
Format: 362 pages, Hardcover
When Gillian Hussey started out in Bridewell District Court in 1984, little did she realize that sh… read more
Want to Read $ 31.94Similar categories in Gillian Hussey's Lessons From the Bench: Reflections from a Life Spent in Ireland's Criminal Courts book and Gillian Hussey's Lessons From the Bench: Reflections from a Life Spent in Ireland's Criminal Courts
- autobiography
- nonfiction
- biography
