Irish America
Irish America
The In-Laws By Sinéad Moriarty Amanda, Katie and Melanie are the daughters-in-law of the domineering and difficult Nancy. Melanie is in business with her, along with her husband and her two brothers-in-law. Katie knows she never stood a chance with snobby Nancy, having left school early to work as a hairdresser. Amanda and her husband have just moved back to Dublin and she … [Read more...] about Book Reviews
Forever Home By Graham Norton Living in a small town, Carol is well used to the way people know everything about you … or think they do, at least. As a divorced mother of one son, she is particularly susceptible to the sidelong glances, particularly when she starts seeing an older man. Declan’s wife left the family home years earlier, and his children really don’t like Carol … [Read more...] about Darina Molloy’s Review of Books
Haven by Emma Donoghue It’s seventh-century Ireland. Clonmacnoise is a newish monastic settlement, with about thirty monks in residence, along with the families who work for them and an order of nuns. The monastery also offers temporary accommodation to guests who come to study or just to retreat from the world. One of these visitors, Artt, believes in harder fasting than is … [Read more...] about Fall 2022 Book Reviews
A Galway Epiphany by Ken Bruen Ken Bruen’s Jack Taylor series – set in Galway – are very much books of their place and time. Bruen evokes Galway so realistically that the reader is there with Jack as he meanders down Shop Street or heads for a pint in Garavan’s or encounters trouble down by the Corrib. And because Jack listens to the same news, we watch through his eyes as a … [Read more...] about Darina Molloy’s Irish Book Reviews
On swanky hotels, Gráinne O’Malley’s tailor-made pirate outfits, and her own unusual hidden talent. Mary Beth Keane’s novel, Ask Again, Yes, is a lyrical, moving tale spanning 40 years about family, love, alcoholism, and mental illness. Told with tenderness and empathy for the human condition, it is juxtaposed with just the right amount of humor to carry the story along. … [Read more...] about What Are You Like? Writer Mary Beth Keane
