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Kennedy writes poignantly about the Irish Troubles through the point of view of Cushla, a young adult He entreats her to teach him and his friends Irish, and after the two begin having an affair, she finds

Keegan offers a gorgeously wrought Irish story of childhood, hope, love, and loss that is spare, lovely I loved Claire Keegan's novel Small Things Like These, about Irish-small-town coal salesman Bill Furlong

Lange's Irish family story centers around Sunday Brennan, who has returned home to her New York hometown become unraveled and threaten the solidity of all she thought she knew about her hometown and her big Irish Do you have books you love about Irish families?

Anyhoo, in The Awakening, which I listened to as an audiobook (I highly recommend this because: Irish

Also: Irish accents, check!

Hanan's 1980s Irish coming-of-age story is full of angst, secrets, life-and-death danger, youthful determination I loved the details of daily Irish life and the heartwarming found-family element.

heart-wrenching coming-of-age story about two young people from different worlds within the same small Irish Also: Irish accents, check!

Time of the Child feels like poetry in prose form, and Williams richly shapes a small-town Irish community's In 1962 in the small Irish town of Faha, it's Christmastime, and Dr. Troy and his oldest daughter Ronnie are coping with complicated family dynamics in their drafty, rural Irish More Irish story love Time of the Child  is set in the same village as Williams's novel This Is Happiness

reading and listening to Allen Levi's novel Theo of Golden ; and I'm savoring Niall Williams's gorgeous Irish recommended this heartwarming book to me this year. 03 This Is Happiness by Niall Williams In the rural Irish

This is gorgeous Niall Williams literary fiction, centering around an Irish country village, a young In the rural Irish village of Faha, in County Clare, the years-long rain (whether sprinkling, torrential He and Noe begin going on periodic nighttime excursions quest to try to see a legendary but elusive Irish

Carr's newest novel is a captivating series of character studies within a tightly knit Irish seaside In a seaside Irish town in the 1970s, a baby is washed up on the shore. More Irish Story Adoration For more Bossy novels set in Ireland, please check out the books at this link

Ryan builds a vivid small-town Irish setting with its gloomy, then alarming, descent into corruption. More Donal Ryan and Irish Stories Donal Ryan is also the author of The Queen of Dirt Island ,  The Spinning

Elite ; and I'm listening to Garrett Carr's literary fiction about a baby that washes up in a small Irish This is the first in a series. 03 The Boy from the Sea by Garrett Carr In a seaside Irish town in the

to Colm Toibin's Long Island ; and I'm listening to Louise Kennedy's poignant novel set during the Irish and Other Stories courtesy of NetGalley and Ballantine. 02 Long Island by Colm Toibin It's 1976, and Irish

Williams Time of the Child  feels like poetry in prose form, and Williams richly shapes a small-town Irish In 1962 in the small Irish town of Faha, it's Christmastime, and Dr. Troy and his oldest daughter Ronnie are coping with complicated family dynamics in their drafty, rural Irish Garrett Carr Carr's newest novel is a captivating series of character studies within a tightly knit Irish In a seaside Irish town in the 1970s, a baby is washed up on the shore.

released as Saturday Night Live turns 50; I'm reading Niall Williams's literary fiction set in a small Irish courtesy of Random House and NetGalley. 02 Time of the Child by Niall Williams In 1962 in the small Irish

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Foster, Claire Keegan's slim Irish novel about a young girl sent I loved Claire Keegan's Small Things Like These, about Irish-small-town coal salesman Bill Furlong. day. 03 This Other Eden by Paul Harding Back in 1792, a formerly enslaved man Benjamin Honey and his Irish

Callum, an Irish horse thief, fled to America an orphan at fifteen years old.

wonderful details of a life in service to a wealthy family in 1830s New York, immigrant challenges, Irish But on her own time, Mary is Irish exile Maire O’Farren, and she keeps mixed company as part of a secret With powerful looks at the widespread nineteenth-century prejudice against the Irish and other immigrant

Williams Time of the Child  feels like poetry in prose form, and Williams richly shapes a small-town Irish In 1962 in the small Irish town of Faha, it's Christmastime, and Dr. Troy and his oldest daughter Ronnie are coping with complicated family dynamics in their drafty, rural Irish Garrett Carr Carr's newest novel is a captivating series of character studies within a tightly knit Irish In a seaside Irish town in the 1970s, a baby is washed up on the shore.

Caroline O'Donoghue's contemporary fiction The Rachel Incident, about friendship and discovery with an Irish O'Donoghue In Caroline O'Donoghue's contemporary fiction The Rachel Incident, main character Rachel is an Irish

What is it about stories set in an Irish village and how much I love them? Keegan's Small Things Like These is a slim novel about a small Irish town in the weeks leading up to

More about Claire Lynch and Family Stories Claire Lynch is also the author of Irish Autobiography and

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading a small-town Irish story of deep connections and the potential

In the brilliant, Irish-born Claire Keegan's newest slim story collection, she explores gender dynamics

Williams Time of the Child  feels like poetry in prose form, and Williams richly shapes a small-town Irish In 1962 in the small Irish town of Faha, it's Christmastime, and Dr. Troy and his oldest daughter Ronnie are coping with complicated family dynamics in their drafty, rural Irish

Is Happiness by Niall Williams This is gorgeous Niall Williams literary fiction, centering around an Irish In the rural Irish village of Faha, in County Clare, the years-long rain (whether sprinkling, torrential

very different topics--race and incarceration, mental illness, sexual abuse, Russian spies, and the Irish 01 Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe Patrick Radden Keefe, a journalist with an Irish name but without a dog in this particular fight, fantastically shapes the endless trails and tales from the Irish Troubles

01 So Late in the Day: Stories of Women and Men by Claire Keegan In the brilliant, Irish-born Claire

Garrett Carr Carr's newest novel is a captivating series of character studies within a tightly knit Irish In a seaside Irish town in the 1970s, a baby is washed up on the shore.

wonderful details of a life in service to a wealthy family in 1830s New York, immigrant challenges, Irish But on her own time, Mary is Irish exile Maire O’Farren, and she keeps mixed company as part of a secret With powerful looks at the widespread nineteenth-century prejudice against the Irish and other immigrant

Back in 1792, a formerly enslaved man Benjamin Honey and his Irish wife found a safe haven on an island

In Caroline O'Donoghue's contemporary fiction The Rachel Incident, main character Rachel is an Irish

Small Things Like These is a slim novel about a small Irish town in the weeks leading up to Christmas

very different topics--race and incarceration, mental illness, sexual abuse, Russian spies, and the Irish Read This Year." 01 Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe Patrick Radden Keefe, a journalist with an Irish without a dog in this particular fight, fantastically shapes the endless trails and tales from the Irish

Patrick Radden Keefe, a journalist with an Irish name but without a dog in the fight, fantastically shapes the endless trails and tales from the Irish Troubles into a narrative, and he lays out the web of motivations

Lake) set in the north woods of Minnesota that features Cork O'Connor, a former sheriff who is part Irish

01 My Heart Went Walking: An Irish Tale of Love, Loss, and Redemption by Sally Hanan Young Una has only

What do I love more than a Tana French book, a retired detective story, or an Irish setting?

story; August Kitko and the Mechas from Space, wonderfully wacky science fiction; and Foster, a slim Irish Keegan offers a gorgeously wrought Irish story of childhood, hope, love, and loss that is spare, lovely

wonderful details of a life in service to a wealthy family in 1830s New York, immigrant challenges, Irish But on her own time, Mary is Irish exile Maire O’Farren, and she keeps mixed company as part of a secret With powerful looks at the widespread nineteenth century prejudice against the Irish and other immigrant

01 Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe Patrick Radden Keefe, a journalist with an Irish name but without a dog in this particular fight, fantastically shapes the endless trails and tales from the Irish Troubles

wonderful details of a life in service to a wealthy family in 1830s New York, immigrant challenges, Irish But on her own time, Mary is Irish exile Maire O’Farren, and she keeps mixed company as part of a secret Guadagnino offers powerful looks at the widespread nineteenth century prejudice against the Irish and

Anyhoo, in The Awakening, which I'm listening to as an audiobook--I highly recommend this because: Irish

Claire Lynch is also the author of Irish Autobiography  and Small: On Motherhoods .

Callum, an Irish horse thief, fled to America an orphan at fifteen years old.

01 Trespasses by Louise Kennedy Kennedy writes poignantly about the Irish Troubles through the point

Claire Lynch is also the author of Irish Autobiography  and Small: On Motherhoods .

please see The God of the Woods . 02 Trespasses by Louise Kennedy Kennedy writes poignantly about the Irish

Back in 1792, a formerly enslaved man Benjamin Honey and his Irish wife found a safe haven on an island