Oct 30
Review of Trespasses by Louise Kennedy
Kennedy writes poignantly about the Irish Troubles through the point of view of Cushla, a young adult stretching her wings despite her...
Mar 21, 2023
Review of Foster by Claire Keegan
Keegan offers a gorgeously wrought Irish story of childhood, hope, love, and loss that is spare, lovely, heartbreaking, and that brought...
Mar 8, 2022
Review of The Awakening: The Dragon Heart Legacy #1 by Nora Roberts
I listened to this romantic fantasy about a chosen one, a long-lost family, portals to a magical world, and a treasure of a best...
Feb 8, 2022
Review of My Heart Went Walking by Sally Hanan
Hanan's 1980s Irish coming-of-age story is full of angst, secrets, life-and-death danger, youthful determination--and the feeling that...
Aug 25, 2021
Review of We Are the Brennans by Tracey Lange
Lange's Irish family story centers around Sunday Brennan, who has returned home to her New York hometown where her own secrets--and...
Apr 15, 2021
Review of Normal People by Sally Rooney
The connection between Marianne and Connell is the beautiful, haunting, swirling source of misery, heartache, and joy and fulfillment in...
Apr 14, 2021
Three Books I'm Reading Now, 4/14/21 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading (actually listening to, which I recommend in this case) an offbeat, captivating celebrity memoir by...