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#BookReview of #ThePostcard by Anne Berest |@EuropaEdUK

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne3rd October 20237 Comments

‘A moving novel based on the true story of a family’s endurance and pain, and a heartfelt exploration of Jewish identity in a secular society’The Postcard A MAY 2023 INDIE NEXT PICKA MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2023WINNER OF THE AMERICAN CHOIX GONCOURT PRIZEWINNER OF THE PRIX RENAUDOT DES LYCÉENSWINNER OF THE ELLE READERS PRIZEFINALIST FOR…

#BookReview of #TheGraces by Siobhan MacGowan | @EtainsDream

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne27th September 20233 Comments

Bestowed with the gracesCondemned by a secretRedeemed by a lie– The Graces [ About The Graces ] Dublin, 1918. Rosaleen Moore: The Rose. A seer and a healer. Revered by popular spiritualists and sought after for her gifts of prophecy and healing by fashionable society, the mighty of Dublin Castle and mercurial political agitators alike,…

#BookReview of #TheLodgers by @eithneshortall

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne22nd September 20232 Comments

‘One house. Three strangers. A second chance at happiness.‘– The Lodgers [ About The Lodgers] Tessa’s life as an activist and volunteer worker takes a hit after a fall. At the ripe young age of 69, she’s no longer able to live alone and decides to take in two lodgers for free. After the recent…

#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 #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 #FallingAnimals by Sheila Armstrong | @Sheela_no_gig | @BloomsburyBooks

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne25th May 20234 Comments

‘The disquieting story of an unidentified man as told by those who crossed paths with him on the last day of his life‘– Falling Animals [ About Falling Animals ] On an isolated beach set against a lonely, windswept coastline, a pale figure sits serenely against a sand dune staring out to sea. His hands…

#BookReview of #BoysDontCry by Fíona Scarlett | @Scarlett_for_ya

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne19th May 20234 Comments

‘Being pushed in a Tesco trolley round the back of the flat. Joe giving us all a shot, but letting me stay the longest. Pushing me faster. Spinning and laughing while crashing into the overflowing double-steel bins’– Boys Don’t Cry [ About Boys Don’t Cry ] They say boys don’t cry.But Finn’s seen his Da…

#Extract from #TheBadNeighbour by @Jennie_Ensor | @HobeckBooks

ExtractBy Mairéad Hearne16th May 20232 Comments

The Bad Neighbour by Jennie Ensor will be published on 23 May 2023 with Hobeck Books (paperback and e-book) and is described as ‘a dark and deliciously entertaining psychological thriller with a striking twist.’ The Bad Neighbour ebook is currently on sale with AmazonUK for pre-order at 99p and will continue to be so for a short time…

#BookReview of #TheIslandOfLonging by @AnneGriffin_ | @SceptreBooks

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne10th May 20232 Comments

‘Would you ever give up trying to find your child, if they vanished without a trace?’– The Island of Longing [ About The Island of Longing ] One unremarkable afternoon, Rosie watched her daughter Saoirse cycle into town, expecting to hear the slam of the door when she returned a few hours later. But the…

#BookReview of #TheresSomethingIHaveToTellYou by Michelle McDonagh | @michellemcd | @HachetteIre

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne13th April 2023Leave a comment

‘On Glenbeg Farm, it was a sunny morning like any other.Only the distressed bark of beloved collie Samson hinted that all was not well’– There’s Something I have to Tell You [ About There’s Something I Have To Tell You ] When the bodies of wealthy matriarch Ursula Kennedy and her farmer husband Jimmy are…

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