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#BookReview of #OtherPeoplesHusbands by Elizabeth Noble

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne2nd August 20223 Comments

‘From the million-copy No.1 bestselling author, Elizabeth Noble, comes another trademark emotionally complex drama about family, friendship, marriage and love.’– Other People’s Husbands [ About the Book ] Sometimes friendship crosses a line . . . A group of close friends, their bonds forged at the nursery gates two decades ago, have celebrated, commiserated and…

#BookReview of #AtTheTable by Claire Powell | @FleetReads

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne9th July 20222 Comments

“The point is, we’re all grown-ups here. You talk about us being old – how old are you two? You’re not children any more. You’re in your thirties. These things…happen”– At the Table [ About the Book ] To Nicole and Jamie Maguire, their parents seem the ideal couple – a suburban double act, happily…

#BookReview of #bluehour by Sarah Schmidt | @TinderPress | @ikillnovel

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne30th June 20224 Comments

She thinks of blue mountain, her favourite place. ‘We’re going somewhere where we can be safe. We never have to come back here.’– blue hour [ About the Book ] As the rest of the world lies sleeping, Eleanor straps her infant daughter, Amy, into the back of her car. This is the moment she knew…

#BookReview of #LifeBeforeUs by @roisinmeaney | @HachetteIre

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne15th June 20222 Comments

‘Meet George and Alice before they meet each other’– Life Before Us [ About the Book ] Three facts about GeorgeHis daughter Suzi is the best thing in his life.He thinks it might finally be time to get over Suzi’s mum.He’s never tried online dating but there’s a first time for everything. Three facts about…

#BookReview of #FactoryGirls by @michellegallen| @johnmurrays

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne9th June 20222 Comments

‘The brand new novel from the Costa-shortlisted author of Big Girl, Small Town’– Factory Girls [ About the Book ] Smart-mouthed and filthy-minded, Maeve Murray has always felt like an outsider in the shitty wee town in Northern Ireland that she calls home. She hopes her exam results will be her ticket to a new…

#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 #TheGhostlights by Gráinne Murphy | @GraMurphy | @Legend_Times_

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne25th May 20222 Comments

‘The poignant story of a family of Irish women who are each looking for the real meaning of home’– The Ghostlights [ About the Book ] Can anyone really choose to be forgotten?An elderly gentleman checks into a B&B in a small village in rural Ireland where he knows nobody. Four days later, his body…

#BookReview of #SixDaysInRome by Francesca Giacco

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne19th May 2022Leave a comment

‘And, with a slight left, there it is. All this space suddenly, exhale. Butter yellow buildings, with their faded blue windows. Some apartments have flower boxes, some are bare. If it were a little darker, I’d be able to see inside.Spectacular things in Rome can just happen like this, with no warning. Around a non-descript…

#BookReview of #PeoplePerson by Candice Carty-Williams

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne6th May 20222 Comments

New from the Sunday Times bestselling author of QUEENIE– People Person [ About the Book ] Dimple Pennington knew of her half siblings, but she didn’t really know them. Five people who don’t have anything in common except for faint memories of being driven through Brixton in their dad’s gold jeep, and some pretty complex abandonment issues. Dimple has…

#BookReview of #MyPhantoms by Gwendoline Riley

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne13th April 2022Leave a comment

‘She enjoyed answering questions when she felt she had the right answer, an approved answer. I understood that when I was very small, and could provide the prompts accordingly. Then talking to her was like a game, or a rhyme we were saying together.’– My Phantoms [ About the Book ] Helen Grant is a…

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