Intrigued, she tries to eavesdrop on their conversation, but when a fight breaks out she rushes into the kitchen and finds the young man unconscious and bleeding on the floor. Her loving but reclusive father Alex surprisingly admits a stranger, a young soldier, into their house. Just a few days shy of her 16th birthday, Ruby Winter’s comfortable if somewhat lonely life in the remote Northumberland village of Coldburn is abruptly turned upside down. Thriller: You Can Run by Trevor Wood Quercus, 400 pages, hardcover €23.79 e-book £4.99 It’s a book that leaves an impression long after the final page. Flannery’s characters are very well drawn, as is her understanding of small-town mores and idle gossip. That local knowledge is apparent - the portrait of Tramore is strikingly authentic. The author grew up in Waterford city and spent much of her childhood summers in Tramore. The notion that the course of one’s life can be irretrievably altered by one seemingly minor incident is chilling and, in Flannery’s capable hands, all too believable. While Stella goes on to study in glamorous New York, Helen is left behind to care for her alcoholic father. She longs to go to art college with her sophisticated classmate, Stella Swaine, but after a false accusation - from Stella’s mother, no less - her life begins to unravel. We meet Helen Grant when she’s a teenager and dreaming of the bright lights of Dublin. It asks big questions about fate and roads not taken. It’s set in Tramore, Co Waterford - a town as celebrated for its amusement arcades as its seaside location - and follows the fortunes of two families. First-time novelist Aingeala Flannery joins those ranks with a quietly beautiful narrative that unfolds over three decades. She joined the show's live tour in 2020, but it was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic.The pleasures and pains of small-town life have been expertly captured by the likes of William Trevor and Claire Keegan. She was partnered with first-time professional Pasha Pashkov and was eliminated fifth. In 2019, Flannery was announced as one of the celebrities to compete on season 28 of Dancing with the Stars. She toured with the band and sang on their second album, It's Fun to Steal. Flannery was a member of the band Mono Puff under the stage name "Lady Puff". In 2016, she recurred on ABC's American Housewife as Crossing Guard Sandy, played a janitor in an episode of Brooklyn Nine-Nine, appeared on FOX's New Girl and MTV's Mary + Jane, and in 2017, recurred on Cartoon Network's Steven Universe as Barbara "Barb" Miller. She is the former musical director of the Los Angeles Drama Club, teaching Shakespeare to children and young adults. Flannery also appeared on Don't Forget the Lyrics and hosted Standup in Stilettos for two seasons on the TV Guide network. She was a contestant on 19 episodes of Celebrity Name Game, two episodes of Hollywood Game Night with Jane Lynch. She also appeared on The Jay Leno Show portraying Wendy in a skit at the time of the burger chain's 40th anniversary. Jane Lynch's Christmas album A Swingin' Little Christmas features Kate Flannery, and reached #8 on the Billboard top 100 charts. Also in Los Angeles, she played Blair's sister in The Phacts of Life at the Renberg Theatre and in the Lily Tomlin/Jane Wagner production of Three Feet Under at The Evidence Room. She also played Neely O'Hara in the 1996 off-Broadway hit Valley of the Dolls, an adaptation of the 1967 film at the Circle in the Square Theatre in New York City and Los Angeles. Flannery has been touring with Jane Lynch as her sidekick on stage since 2013 in her show See Jane Sing with Tim Davis and the Tony Guerrero Quintet, playing the Kennedy Center, Joe's Pub, the Borgata and 30 cities.įlannery was in the long running New York hit, Nora Ephron's Love, Loss, and What I Wore. Flannery also appeared as a judge in a 2009 episode of Iron Chef America. In 2010, she played Harper's mom on the Disney Channel's Wizards of Waverly Place as Elaine Finkle. In 2008, Flannery was a talent scout on Last Comic Standing with her Office costar Brian Baumgartner, and she appeared with the cast of The Office on Celebrity Family Feud. The Office earned her and the rest of its cast acclaim, along with several accolades, such as winning two Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series, with an additional five nominations for the same award. Before The Office, she made appearances on The Bernie Mac Show, Boomtown, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and Jimmy Kimmel Live!. The Lampshades was New York magazine's "LA Pick" for 2006, and was declared "Best Saturday Comedy Show of the Year" by LA Weekly.įlannery appeared as the divorced, single mother Meredith Palmer on the television comedy The Office. The Lampshades, her cult comedy lounge act with veteran improviser Scot Robinson, has been running in Hollywood and in comedy festivals all over the country since 2001 and was seen at the U.S.
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