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Yearly Archives: 2022

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#BookReview of #TheNoShow by Beth O’ Leary

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne8th April 20224 Comments

‘The funny, heart-breaking and uplifting new novel from the bestselling author of The Flatshare’– The No-Show [ About the Book ] Three women. Three dates. One missing man… 8.52 a.m. Siobhan is looking forward to her breakfast date with Joseph. She was surprised when he suggested it – she normally sees him late at night in her hotel…

#BookReview of #EdithAndKim by Charlotte Philby | @PhilbyWrites @BoroughPress

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne7th April 2022Leave a comment

‘To betray, you must first belong…‘Edith and Kim [ About the Book ] In June 1934, Kim Philby met his Soviet handler, the spy Arnold Deutsch. The woman who introduced them was called Edith Tudor-Hart. She changed the course of 20th century history. Then she was written out of it. Drawing on the Secret Intelligence…

#BookReview of #TheMagician by Colm Tóibín

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne5th April 20224 Comments

‘”Papa is a magician”, he said.“He is the Magician!” Erika repeated.From being a joke, or a way of cheering the table up, the new soubriquet for their father stuck. Erika encouraged all visitors to join her in giving her father this new name’– The Magician [ About the Book ] The Magician tells the story of…

#Extract – #AnHonestLife by @JFConroy1

ExtractBy Mairéad Hearne4th April 2022Leave a comment

‘Ruthless crime lord Declan Hennessy has only one ambition; to rule Dublin’s northside.‘– An Honest Life An Honest Life by J.F. Conroy was published November 2021 and is described as ‘a powerful and stirring crime novel with a dark sense of humour that reveals the redemptive power of adversity.’ I am delighted to share an…

#BookReview of  #TheClub by @ElleryLLoyd | @MantleBooks 

Blog Tour, Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne1st April 20222 Comments

‘It was the club you’d kill to join; the launch event to which the A-list were dying to be invited. What no one could have anticipated was how tragically things were about to go wrong’– The Club [ About the Book ] There’s no place like Home . . . The Home Group is a…

#BookReview of #TheEmptyRoom by Brian McGilloway | @BrianMcGilloway

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne30th March 2022Leave a comment

‘What do you do when your child disappears?’– The Empty Room [ About the Book ] Dora Condron wakes one morning to discover her 17-year old daughter Ellie, has not come home after a party. The day Ellie disappears, Dora is alone as her husband Eamon has already left for the day in his job…

#BookReview of #Faceless by @vandasymon | @OrendaBooks

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne29th March 20222 Comments

‘A stressed, middle-aged man picks up a teenage escort and commits an unspeakable crime, unaware that a homeless man – her only real friend – will do anything to find her.‘– Faceless [ About the Book ] Worn down by a job he hates, and a stressful family life, middle-aged, middle-class Bradley picks up a…

#BookReview of #SabinesWar by Eva Taylor | #Blogtour with @midaspr

Blog TourBy Mairéad Hearne27th March 2022Leave a comment

‘The incredible true story of a resistance fighter who survived three concentration camps‘– Sabine’s War [ About the Book ] Sabine’s War is the previously untold story of a remarkable resistance fighter and her incredible story of survival against the odds. When Germany invaded Holland in May 1940, Sabine Zuur joined the resistance movement without a…

#BookReview of #Assembly by Natasha Brown

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne24th March 2022Leave a comment

‘ SHORTLISTED FOR THE FOLIO PRIZE 2022SHORTLISTED FOR THE GOLDSMITHS PRIZE 2021SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKS ARE MY BAG FICTION AWARD 2021The acclaimed word-of-mouth hit and break-out debut of the year. Selected as a Book of the Year 2021 by booksellers, writers and readers: Observer Best Books of 2021Guardian Books of the YearThe i paper Books of the YearNew…

#BookReview of #DuffyAndSon by Damien Owens @OwensDamien | @HCinIreland

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne23rd March 20224 Comments

‘A heart-warming and hilarious novel about life, love, and the weight of all we leave unsaid’ – Duffy and Son [ About the Book ] Eugene Duffy is turning 70; his son Jim is turning 40. For decades now, they’ve been running the family hardware shop and living in good-natured bachelor harmony. But time is marching…

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