About the Book: A Thought Without Collision is a compelling historical literary fiction novel following Catherine Carolan, a gifted Irish girl whose intellectual ambitions lead her from rural Ireland to Oxford. Decades later, as an Oxford professor, Catherine is reunited with Dr. Josef Alois, forcing her to confront their shared past, love, and difficult choices. A beautifully written story of love, ambition, education, memory, and human connection, set against the backdrop of 20th-century Ireland.