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#BookReview of #HowToBuildABoat by Elaine Feeney

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne30th August 2023Leave a comment

‘Meet Jamie and his community on the west coast of Ireland, in the most uplifting and tender book of the year‘– How to Build a Boat [ About How to Build a Boat ] Jamie O’Neill loves the colour red. He also loves tall trees, patterns, rain that comes with wind, the curvature of many…

#BookReview of #ThisIsMySea by Miriam Mulcahy | @MulcahyMir | @eriu_books

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne28th August 20232 Comments

‘An exploration of grief and recovery’– This is My Sea [ About This is My Sea ] Over the course of seven difficult years Miriam Mulcahy lost her mother, father and sister, each grief threatening to drown her. But instead of going under she discovered the lessons of the sea, letting the water teach her…

#BookReview of #TheWrenTheWren by Anne Enright

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne23rd August 2023Leave a comment

‘Carmel had been alone all her life. The baby knew this. They looked at each other, and all of time was there. The baby knew how vast her mother’s loneliness had been.‘– The Wren, The Wren [ About The Wren, The Wren ] Nell – funny, brave and so much loved – is a young…

#BookReview of #KALA by Colin Walsh | @AtlanticBooks

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne22nd August 20234 Comments

‘We’re fifteen and it’s the summer of our lives so Kinlough is gathering itself up into the moment with us – the whole town’s pure responsive to our energies‘– KALA [ About KALA ] In the seaside town of Kinlough, on Ireland’s west coast, three old friends are thrown together for the first time in…

#BookReview of #GoneTonight by Sarah Pekkanen

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne11th August 20232 Comments

‘What would make a teenage girl vanish into the night and live a life on the run for two decades?’– Gone Tonight [ About Gone Tonight ] Catherine Sterling thinks she knows her mother. Ruth Sterling is quiet, hardworking, and lives for her daughter. All her life, it’s been just the two of them against…

#BookReview of #AGameOfLies by Clare Mackintosh

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne9th August 20232 Comments

They say the camera never lies.But on this show, you can’t trust anything you see.– A Game of Lies [ About A Game of Lies ] Stranded in the Welsh mountains, seven reality show contestants have no idea what they’ve signed up for. Each of these strangers has a secret. If another player can guess…

#BookReview – It Could Never Happen Here by @eithneshortall

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne2nd August 20232 Comments

[ About It Could Never Happen Here ] Small town. Huge scandal. Beverley Franklin will do whatever it takes to protect her local school’s reputation. So when a scandal involving her own daughter threatens to derail the annual school musical’s appearance on national television, Beverley goes into overdrive. But in her efforts to protect her…

#BookReview of #KillForMeKillForYou by Steve Cavanagh

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne28th July 202311 Comments

‘Together, they have the perfect plan.‘– Kill For Me Kill For You [ About Kill For Me Kill For You ] One dark evening in New York City, two strangers meet by chance.Over drinks, Amanda and Wendy realise they have so much in common. They both feel alone. They both drink alone.And they both desperately…

#BookReview of #AllOfUsAreBroken by Fiona Cummins | @FionaAnnCummins

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne18th July 20231 Comment

‘Featuring DS Saul Anguish from the award winning author, Fiona Cummins, author of Into the Dark and Rattle.‘– All Of Us Are Broken [ About All Of Us Are Broken ] Every one of them has a dark secret The Family After a year they want to forget, the Hardwicke family set out to the Scottish Highlands for…

#BookReview of #TheCouples by Lauren Mackenzie | @LuluMack57

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne17th July 20232 Comments

‘Three couples, one night.And the life that follows…‘ [ About The Couples ] Eva looked out the attic window of their charming guest house and watched the sun rise. She thought she might be sick. Splayed on the lawn below was Frank, apparently out cold. Her husband snored in the bed behind her. She loved…

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