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about OPEN DOOR Stargazing is part of the Open Door series - an adult literacy series of novellas by well-known Irish authors, launched in the mid-nineties by Irish publisher New Island and author Patricia Scanlan. Scanlan had spent time working in public libraries in Dublin before she became a full-time writer, and was acutely aware of the literacy problems facing a large segment of the adult population and the dearth of appropriate reading material available to them. The Open Door texts are subject to specific editorial guidelines, which help the author to create a novel for the purpose intended. These include a discernible plot, a few, well-developed characters, simple language with the occasional challenging word, and short chapters to create the feel and the structure of 'regular' novels. All texts are no more than 10,000 words and sentences are kept short. These characteristics of the texts have also endeared them to students learning English as a foreign language, and they are gradually being marketed as such, with co-editions containing glossaries being produced by German ELT publisher Cornelsen in 2006. Audio editions have also been published by WH Howes. All royalties from domestic sales of English language titles are donated to a charity of the author's choice. Kate's designated charity is the Safe Home Ireland Programme, an organisation that seeks to assist older Irish born emigrants to return to their homeland.
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Daisy
O'Donnell is a florist in the sleepy village of Rosscrana, where
nothing ever happens. Daisy loves her glossy magazines and dreams of a
more glamorous life. Then she wins a competition to appear as an extra
on the soap opera Ardmore Grove. Things are looking up!
