Tag: Irish writer
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Book Review – Academy Street by Mary Costello
Academy Street by Mary Costello is a sweeping and deeply moving story, a short book that spans decades, taking us from 1940s rural Ireland to 21st century New York. When we meet Tess first, her childlike voice relays her confused feelings and observations of those around her as she copes with the death of her…
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Book Review – Girl in the Making by Anna Fitzgerald
Jean is a gentle young girl growing up in 1970s and 1980s Dublin, living with her authoritarian and volatile father, her mother and siblings. She has a loving relationship with her mother until a new pregnancy leaves her exhausted. Jean’s solace at home is in her baby brother John and kind but meek Aunty Ida,…
The Resting Willow 