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#BookReview of #WeAllWantImpossibleThings by Catherine Newman | @CatheriNewman

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne31st January 20232 Comments

‘For fans of Nora Ephron and Sorrow & Bliss, We All Want Impossible Things is a deeply moving, jubilant celebration of life and friendship at its imperfect, radiant, and irreverent best.‘ (Publisher quote) [ About We All Want Impossible Things ] Who knows you better than your best friend? Who knows your secrets, your fears, your desires, your…

#Bookreviews of Without Warning and Only Sometimes by Kit de Waal and This is Gonna End in Tears by Liza Klaussmann

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne7th September 2022Leave a comment

I have to tell you about two new books that I read on my recent break that I really enjoyed and I hope you will too. One is a memoir and one is fiction, so both very different yet both very engaging and beautiful reads. Without Warning and Only Sometimes by Kit de Waal Kit…

#BookReview of #ThisBeatingHeart by Laura Barnett | @wnbooks

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne17th August 2022Leave a comment

‘It was up to her now; everything was up to her; she needed only to make a choice and step towards it, out from the shadows and into the light’ [ About the Book ] At forty-three, Christina Lennox thought her future was settled: marriage to Ed, children, a house of their own. But this…

#BookReview of #OtherPeoplesHusbands by Elizabeth Noble

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne2nd August 20223 Comments

‘From the million-copy No.1 bestselling author, Elizabeth Noble, comes another trademark emotionally complex drama about family, friendship, marriage and love.’– Other People’s Husbands [ About the Book ] Sometimes friendship crosses a line . . . A group of close friends, their bonds forged at the nursery gates two decades ago, have celebrated, commiserated and…

#BookReview of #AtTheTable by Claire Powell | @FleetReads

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne9th July 20222 Comments

“The point is, we’re all grown-ups here. You talk about us being old – how old are you two? You’re not children any more. You’re in your thirties. These things…happen”– At the Table [ About the Book ] To Nicole and Jamie Maguire, their parents seem the ideal couple – a suburban double act, happily…

#BookReview of #bluehour by Sarah Schmidt | @TinderPress | @ikillnovel

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne30th June 20224 Comments

She thinks of blue mountain, her favourite place. ‘We’re going somewhere where we can be safe. We never have to come back here.’– blue hour [ About the Book ] As the rest of the world lies sleeping, Eleanor straps her infant daughter, Amy, into the back of her car. This is the moment she knew…

#BookReview of #LifeBeforeUs by @roisinmeaney | @HachetteIre

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne15th June 20222 Comments

‘Meet George and Alice before they meet each other’– Life Before Us [ About the Book ] Three facts about GeorgeHis daughter Suzi is the best thing in his life.He thinks it might finally be time to get over Suzi’s mum.He’s never tried online dating but there’s a first time for everything. Three facts about…

#BookReview of #FactoryGirls by @michellegallen| @johnmurrays

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne9th June 20222 Comments

‘The brand new novel from the Costa-shortlisted author of Big Girl, Small Town’– Factory Girls [ About the Book ] Smart-mouthed and filthy-minded, Maeve Murray has always felt like an outsider in the shitty wee town in Northern Ireland that she calls home. She hopes her exam results will be her ticket to a new…

#BookReview of #LoveMarriage by Monica Ali

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne3rd June 20222 Comments

TWO CULTURES. TWO FAMILIES. TWO PEOPLE.– Love Marriage [ About the Book ] Yasmin Ghorami has a lot to be grateful for: a loving family, a fledgling career in medicine, and a charming, handsome fiancée, fellow doctor Joe Sangster. But as the wedding day draws closer and Yasmin’s parents get to know Joe’s firebrand feminist…

#BookReview of #TheGhostlights by Gráinne Murphy | @GraMurphy | @Legend_Times_

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne25th May 20222 Comments

‘The poignant story of a family of Irish women who are each looking for the real meaning of home’– The Ghostlights [ About the Book ] Can anyone really choose to be forgotten?An elderly gentleman checks into a B&B in a small village in rural Ireland where he knows nobody. Four days later, his body…

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