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Tag Archives: Contemporary Fiction

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#BookReview of #YouAreHere by David Nicholls

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne15th May 20242 Comments

‘A new love story by beloved bestseller David Nicholls, You Are Here is a novel of first encounters, second chances and finding the way home.‘ [ About You Are Here ] Sometimes you need to get lost to find your way Marnie is stuck.Stuck working alone in her London flat, stuck battling the long afternoons and a…

#BookReview of #TheAlmostTruth by @AnneHamilton7 | @Legend_Times_

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne9th April 2024Leave a comment

‘Half a year here in remote Bangladesh, half a year there, crossing from Scotland to Ireland. Alina had lived in all three camps for over five years now, and while she was no longer starry-eyed nor scared witless by her journeys into the Bay of Bengal, her arrivals remained exciting and her departures came with…

#BookReview of #TheLiesBeneath by Lucy O’Callaghan

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne8th April 2024Leave a comment

‘Friendship tested, secrets revealed, lives shattered: a gripping tale of deception‘-The Lies Beneath [ About The Lies Beneath ] Carla seems to have it all – a big house in a picturesque village on the west coast of Ireland, a rich husband, and two great kids. But she wants to be Carla again. To rediscover…

#BookReview of #Want by Paula Guildea | @pegasuspublish

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne29th February 2024Leave a comment

‘Darcy thought about it and understood that each complication in her life had merged into one gargantuan mess. Her flawed judgement of character towered over other ramblings in her mind, but each self-inflicted complication had its own calling bell, ready to summon at will.’– Want [ About Want ] In the heat of a summer…

#BookReview of #Breakdown by Cathy Sweeney | @wnbooks

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne18th January 20241 Comment

‘Mothers are not supposed to go on road trips’– Breakdown [ About Breakdown ] One winter morning on an ordinary day in contemporary Dublin, an ordinary middle-class woman wakes up in her ordinary suburban home. Her husband is next to her in bed, her teenage children sleeping nearby. Without thinking much about it, she walks…

#BookReview of #LastChanceInParis by Lynda Marron | @eriu_books

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne9th January 20241 Comment

‘When their lives briefly intertwine, something extraordinary happens…’– Last Chance in Paris [ About Last Chance in Paris ] When her husband suggests a romantic break, Claire feels obliged to say yes but immediately regrets it. After all that they’ve been through, how can one weekend in Paris save their marriage? Claire and Ronan aren’t…

#BookReview of #SomeoneLikeHer by Awais Khan

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne16th November 2023Leave a comment

A young Pakistani woman is the victim of an unthinkable act of vengeance, when she defies convention for love, facing seemingly insurmountable challenges and danger as she attempts to rebuild her life.– Someone Like Her [ About Someone Like Her ] Multan, Pakistan. A conservative city where an unmarried woman over the age of twenty-five is…

#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 #HowToBuildABoat by Elaine Feeney

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne30th August 20231 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 #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…

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