Small Mercies
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'Mrs. Fennessy, please go home.' 'And do what?' 'Whatever you do when you're home.' 'And then...
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Chris Hooker (419 KP) rated The Girl Who Came Home in Books
Jan 12, 2018
[Gaynor] tells the story of Maggie, and Irish girl, who is leaving her home to travel to America with her aunt after the death of her mother. Maggie does not want to leave unlike those she is traveling with since she is in love.
This novel does a good job mixing history with fiction and making it believable. It is also told as a memory to Maggie's granddaughter, Grace, who has made her own sacrifices for family. It is an enjoyable read with a slight twist at the end.
One Boy's War
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ENGLAND, SUMMER 1940. Following a brush with death in the Irish Sea, 10-year-old Käfer Avigdor...
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The Black Hand
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In the aftermath of Ireland’s most deadly gang war, Dublin’s ruling family has scattered to the...
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The Gathering
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"Anne Enright is a dazzling writer of international stature and one of Ireland’s most singular...
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A Girl is a Half-formed Thing
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This is the winner of the Baileys Women's Prize for fiction. It is the winner of the Desmond Elliott...
Rosa Alchemica
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For those who are familiar with Yeats' poetry, particulary his beloved early poems like "The Lake...
Strumpet City: One City One Book
Fintan O'Toole and James Plunkett
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This new edition of the epic Strumpet City marks the centenary of the 1913 Lockout. It has been...
Erika (17789 KP) rated A Long Long Way in Books
Mar 22, 2020
This book started out so slowly, and some of the descriptions felt completely unnecessary. I don't want to read about every time someone let their bowels go when they were scared literally and figuratively sh--less.
The one positive is that I felt like the dynamic of the Irish soldiers coming back to an Ireland they didn't recognize, and that they were considered traitors in some ways because they were fighting with the English.
Never expect a happy ending to a book (or any media) about soldiers in the Great War.
The Sense of an Ending
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Winner of the Man Booker Prize for Fiction. Now a major film starring Jim Broadbent and Charlotte...