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#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 #ForgottenOnSunday by @valerieperrin_ | @EuropaEdUK

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne28th June 2023Leave a comment

‘From the million copy bestselling author of Fresh Water for Flowers‘– Forgotten On Sunday [ About Forgotten on Sunday ] Justine is 21 years old and has lived with her grandparents and cousin Jules since the death of her parents. She works as a carer at a retirement home and spends her days listening to her…

#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…

#BookReview of #TheLastDaysOfJoy by Anne Tiernan | @HachetteIre

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne28th March 20231 Comment

‘EVERY FAMILY HAS SECRETS. SOME ARE JUST BETTER AT HIDING THEIRS…‘– The Last Days Of Joy [ About The Last Days of Joy ] MEET THE TOBIN FAMILY …Joy, the complicated, troubled motherShe’s spent her life running from her past while trying to raise her children as best she can. Conor, the high-achieving eldest childA…

#BookReview of #QueenBee by @ciarageraghty | @HCinIreland

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne17th February 20232 Comments

“She’s earned her stripes. But the hive’s misbehaving . . .“– Queen Bee InsomniaHow do I have three extra adult males – and a small yappy dog – living in my house when I need to grow into a graceful and sexual midlife woman? RageAm furious. AnxietyWhat’s going to happen to my career if I…

#BookReview of #InLittleStars by Linda Green | @LindaGreenisms @QuercusBooks

Blog Tour, Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne9th February 2023Leave a comment

‘A modern-day Romeo and Juliet’– In Little Stars In Little Stars by Linda Green published February 2nd with Quercus Books and is described as a ‘powerful and emotional’ read. It is a pleasure to be joining the blog tour today with my review of In Little Stars, a book that was inspired by real-life events…

#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’m excited to share my book reviews of two wonderful read that I picked up on my recent break. I really enjoyed these 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…

#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…

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