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#BookReview | #OurLittleCruelties by Liz Nugent | @lizzienugent

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne22nd May 202010 Comments

Three brothers are at the funeral.One lies in the coffin– Our Little Cruelties [ About the Book ] Three brothers are at the funeral. One lies in the coffin. Will, Brian and Luke grow up competing for their mother’s unequal love. As men, the competition continues – for status, money, fame, women … They each…

#GuestPost | “Pandemically seeking rest” by Judith Cuffe | Sing Me Home OUT NOW with @PoolbegBooks | @MiddleJudy

Guest PostBy Mairéad Hearne20th May 2020Leave a comment

‘A story of the aftermath, of picking up the pieces, of finding yourself again and discovering that life isn’t always easy . . . it’s not meant to be, but it can be worth it.‘~ Sing Me Home Sing Me Home is the latest novel from Irish writer Judith Cuffe. It is the second book…

#BookReview | #Augury by @SEListerAuthor | @oldstpublishing

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne19th May 20202 Comments

‘A tour-de-force of imagination and literary craft from a young author whose star is rising. The setting is ancient, yet its conflicts, fears – and its hopes – are our own.‘– Augury (Publisher) [ About the Book ] The people of an ancient city awaken one night to find the earth beneath them trembling. But…

#Extract & #GuestPost | Robert Craven | Author of Eagles Hunt Wolves | @cravenrobert

Extract, Guest PostBy Mairéad Hearne18th May 2020Leave a comment

‘A Polish national, recruited as a spy for British Intelligence and placed at the highest echelons of the Third Reich’– Eagles Hunt Wolves It is a great pleasure to welcome Irish writer Robert Craven today talking about his latest novel, Eagles Hunt Wolves, the final book in his historical fiction spy series featuring Eva Molenaar.…

#BookReview | #FiftyFifty by Steve Cavanagh | @SSCav

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne15th May 20204 Comments

An Eddie Flynn novel– Fifty Fifty [ About the Book ] Two sisters on trial for murder. They accuse each other.Who do YOU believe? ‘911 what’s your emergency?’ ‘My dad’s dead. My sister Sofia killed him. She’s still in the house. Please send help.’ ‘My dad’s dead. My sister Alexandra killed him. She’s still in the house. Please send help.’…

#BlogTour | #Spotlight on #TheBeautyChorus by @katelordbrown | @midaspr

Blog Tour, SpotlightBy Mairéad Hearne13th May 2020Leave a comment

‘166 women signed up to fly Spitfires and bombers from factories to airfields across England. It was an adventure that would cost many their lives.‘ Today it is a pleasure to shine a spotlight on The Beauty Chorus by Kate Lord Brown which was released in digital format April 30th. It is described as ‘an…

#BookReview | #SeasonOfSecondChances by Aimee Alexander @denisedeegan

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne12th May 20205 Comments

‘When leaving is just the beginning… ‘Season of Second Chances [ About the Book ] Grace Sullivan flees Dublin with her two teenage children, returning to the sleepy West Cork village where she grew up. No one in Killrowan knows what Grace is running from – or that she’s even running. She’d like to keep it…

#BookReview | #BuryThemDeep by James Oswald | @SirBenfro

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne7th May 2020Leave a comment

‘She drinks as deep as she can, each swallow a little less painful than the last. Too late, she understands there is something in the water to take away the pain. Something to lull her to sleep. No refuge there from the demons that haunt her.’– Bury Them Deep [ About the Book ] When…

#BookReview #NormalPeople by Sally Rooney

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne6th May 202015 Comments

‘The literary phenomenon of the decade.’ – Guardian– Normal People [ About the Book ] Connell and Marianne grow up in the same small town in rural Ireland. The similarities end there; they are from very different worlds. When they both earn places at Trinity College in Dublin, a connection that has grown between them lasts…

#BookReview | Only You by @KateEberlen |#ReadOnlyYou

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne5th May 20204 Comments

‘One person is all it takes to change a lifetime’– Only You [ About the Book ] PresentLetty and Alf are the only English speakers at an Italian class in Rome, where they discover the language that really connects them is dance: Letty’s first love was ballet, while Alf was a junior ballroom champion. They…

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