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#BookReview | #TheIslandGirls by @NoelleHarrison | @bookouture

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne22nd April 20202 Comments

‘She’d been steadily drifting further and further away from her life before. She would never get it back. She knew that. But maybe her destination was a place where she could forget, and be forgotten? This was all she wanted right now.’– The Island Girls [ About the Book ] When young nurse Emer loses her beloved…

#BookReview | #Gabriella by @BellCaragh | @PoolbegBooks

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne20th April 2020Leave a comment

‘America’s answer to Coco ChanelThat was the dream and nothing would stand in her way’– Gabriella [ About the Book ] ‘All she needed was one person to take notice – one person who could catapult her into the big time’ Gabriella Alvarez dreams of being the next Coco Chanel. Born in the Bronx of…

#BookReview | #TheBookOfLongings by @suemonkkidd | @TinderPress

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne16th April 202011 Comments

I am Ana.I was the wife of Jesus..– The Book of Longings [ About the Book ] Ana is a rebellious young woman, a gifted writer with a curious, brilliant mind, who writes secret narratives about the neglected and silenced women around her. Raised in a wealthy family in Galilee, she is sheltered from the…

#BookReview of #TheCuttingPlace by @JaneCaseyAuthor | #BlogTour with @HCinIreland

Blog Tour, Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne15th April 20204 Comments

TO BE A MEMBER OF THE CHIRON CLUB YOU MUST BE:1. Filthy rich2. Extremely powerful3 Totally ruthless4. Guilty?WELCOME TO THE CUTTING PLACE I am thrilled and honoured to be kick-starting the blog tour with Harper Collins Ireland today for The Cutting Place by Jane Casey. Yes folks Maeve Kerrigan is back in this very dark…

#BookReview | I Am Dust by Louise Beech | #IAmDust

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne9th April 20202 Comments

A haunted theatreA murdered actressThree cursed teenagersA secret that devastates them all– I Am Dust [ About the Book ] The Dean Wilson Theatre is believed to be haunted by a long-dead actress, singing her last song, waiting for her final cue, looking for her killer… Now Dust, the iconic musical, is returning after twenty…

#BookReview | And Then There Were None by #AgathaChristie

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne7th April 202013 Comments

Voted the clear winner in a global vote to find the world’s favourite Agatha Christie book for her 125th birthday in 2015– And Then There Were None [ About the Book ] 1939. Europe teeters on the brink of war. Ten strangers are invited to Soldier Island, an isolated rock near the Devon coast. Cut…

#BookReview | #TheSecretOfEvelineHouse by @SheilaForsey | @PoolbegBooks

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne3rd April 20204 Comments

‘A tale of tangled secrets and a search for the truth. The past cannot lie silent forever’ – The Secret of Eveline House [ About the Book ] It’s 1949 and playwright Violet Ward has returned from London with her husband Henry and young daughter Sylvia, to take up residence in Eveline House in County…

#BookReview | #MyPearShapedLife by Carmel Harrington |@HappyMrsH | @HCinIreland | @HarperFiction

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne2nd April 20202 Comments

‘You don’t have to be pearfect to be happy’– My Pear-Shaped Life [ About the Book ] Meet Greta. She’s funny. She’s flawed. She’s hiding so much behind her big smile she’s forgotten who she is. But Greta is about to discover that the key to being happy is…being you. Greta Gale has played the part of…

#BookReview | #TheFinalGame by Caimh McDonnell | @Caimh

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne1st April 20206 Comments

‘If you fancy a light-hearted romp through the streets of Dublin then hop on board!’ – The Final Game by Caimh McDonnell [ About the Book ] When Paul Mulchrone’s friend Dorothy dies, his world is thrown into disarray. First, there’s the grief. Second, there’s the fact that he has been forced into a competition,…

#BookReview | #Hamnet by Maggie O’ Farrell | @TinderPress

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne27th March 20209 Comments

‘TWO EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE. A LOVE THAT DRAWS THEM TOGETHER. A LOSS THAT THREATENS TO TEAR THEM APART.‘– Hamnet [ About the Book ] On a summer’s day in 1596, a young girl in Stratford-upon-Avon takes to her bed with a fever. Her twin brother, Hamnet, searches everywhere for help. Why is nobody at home? Their…

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