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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 | #TheSmallestMan by Frances Quinn | @franquinn | @simonschusterUK | #Blogtour with @RandomTTours

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne27th November 20202 Comments

‘The smallest man. The biggest heart. The mightiest story.‘– The Smallest Man [ About the Book ] Nat Davy longs to grow tall and strong and be like other boys, but at the age of ten, he’s confronted with the truth; he’s different, and the day when the stares and whispers stop is never going…

#BookReview | #TheTainted by @CauveryMadhavan | @hoperoadpublish

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne26th May 20206 Comments

‘In the afternoon everything came to a standstill. The fragrant khus-khus tatties were lowered over every window and door, and the bhistis drenched them with water…..As the water evaporated from the sweet-smelling grass blinds and the punkahs circulated cool air around the darkened rooms, it was possible in those couple of hours to drift off…

#BookReview | You’ll Never See Me Again by Lesley Pearse | #LoveLesley

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne10th September 20193 Comments

Betty Wellows is running for her life….– You’ll Never See Me Again Lesley Pearse is a much-loved storyteller for many reasons. In the UK alone a Lesley Pearse book is purchased EVERY 4 minutes, with her tales packed with characters that her readers truly care about. ‘ There is no formula to her books or…

#BookReview | Love & Ruin by Paula McLain (With a reference to For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway)

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne2nd August 20195 Comments

In 1937, courageous and independent Martha Gellhorn travels to Madrid to report on the atrocities of the Spanish Civil War… – Love & Ruin [ About Love & Ruin ] In 1937, courageous and independent Martha Gellhorn travels to Madrid to report on the atrocities of the Spanish Civil War, and finds herself drawn to…

#Bookreview The Witchfinder’s Sister by Beth Underdown

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne31st October 20174 Comments

Today I review The Witchfinder’s Sister, a novel loosely based on the life of Matthew Hopkins, a witch hunter in Essex during the English Civil War in the 1600’s.

#guestpost Aedin Johnston #author of Finding James @Aedinj

Guest PostBy Mairéad Hearne8th November 2016Leave a comment

Recently I came across a local Cork Writer, Aedin Johnston, who has written a book about a topic very close to her heart, entitled Finding James. Her Granduncle, James O’ Connor was a Cork man who was called to the Colours in August 1914. He nearly made it to the end of the war but died…

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