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#BookReview of Wheels within Wheels – The Makings of a Traveller by Dervla Murphy

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne7th June 20225 Comments

“Academically I was backward because sheer laziness deterred me from using what was in any case a fairly limited intelligence. But my early sharing in adult problems and responsibilities had made me, emotionally, unusually mature”– Wheels within Wheels [ About the Book ] What is it that makes us who we are? In this beautifully…

#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 #TheMidnightHouse by @AmandaGeard |@headlinepg

Blog Tour, Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne26th May 20223 Comments

‘Across the dark, slick surface of Lough Atoon, Blackwater Hall hove into view. It was less grand than she remembered, but handsome enough – not quite a pile; more sprawling than imposing. Thick ivy covered the walls, and its blue slate roof was scattered with a dozen chimney pots. Three rows of white sash windows…

#BookReview of #Three by Valérie Perrin | @EuropaEdUK

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne12th May 20229 Comments

‘A COMPULSIVE STORY ABOUT THE POWERS AND FLEETINGNESS OF FRIENDSHIP, LOVE AND LIFE‘ – FROM THE AUTHOR OF FRESH WATER FOR FLOWERS [ About the Book ] 1986: Adrien, Etienne and Nina are 10 years old when they meet at school and become inseparable. They promise each other they will one day leave their provincial backwater,…

#BookReview of #Elektra by Jennifer Saint | @jennysaint | @Wildfirebks

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne29th April 20222 Comments

‘IN A WORLD RULED BY GODS AND HEROES, THE VOICES OF STRONG WOMEN HAVE BEEN SILENCED.UNTIL NOW’– ELEKTRA [ About the Book ] The House of Atreus is cursed. A bloodline tainted by a generational cycle of violence and vengeance. This is the story of three women, their fates inextricably tied to this curse, and…

#BookReview of #ChinaRoom by Sunjeev Sahota

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne25th April 20222 Comments

China Room Shortlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize 2022Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2021Longlisted for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 2022Longlist for the Ondaatje Prize 2022 A Daily Telegraph , Guardian and The Times Book of the Year [ About the Book ] Mehar, a young bride in rural 1929 Punjab, is trying to discover the identity…

#BookReview of #TheDeadwoodEncore by Kathleen Murray | @KathleenMurrayE | @HCinIreland

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne11th April 20222 Comments

“I thought I’d reached the end… thought that whatever happened or didn’t, wasn’t nothing to do with me anymore. Now I’m wondering is this the end of my own story or the start of someone else’s? Or are we all tangled up in a middle that goes on and on?”– The Deadwood Encore [ About…

#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 #TheMagician by Colm Tóibín

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne5th April 20225 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…

#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…

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