Tag: Irish fairytales

• Book Review – Savage Her Reply by Deirdre Sullivan

  

  We are ourselves, and we are also stories people tell.  Savage Her Reply by Deirdre Sullivan is a reimagining of the classic Irish fairy tale The Children of Lir. When Aífe’s imposed marriage to her dead sister’s widower, King Lir, dissolves into a state of unhappiness, Aífe enacts a cruel revenge by condemning her stepchildren…

  RestingWillow

  July 31, 2022

  book review, books

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