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- Review of Trespasses by Louise Kennedy
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
- Review of Foster by Claire Keegan
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
- 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 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?
- Review of The Awakening: The Dragon Heart Legacy #1 by Nora Roberts
Anyhoo, in The Awakening, which I listened to as an audiobook (I highly recommend this because: Irish
- 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 I loved the details of daily Irish life and the heartwarming found-family element.
- Review of Normal People by Sally Rooney
Also: Irish accents, check!
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 4/14/21 Edition
heart-wrenching coming-of-age story about two young people from different worlds within the same small Irish Also: Irish accents, check!
- Review of Time of the Child by Niall Williams
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
- Review of The Boy from the Sea by Garrett Carr
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
- Review of Heart, Be at Peace by Donal Ryan
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
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 6/23/25 Edition
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
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/28/24 Edition
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
- My Six Favorite Reads of the First Half of 2025
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.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/17/25 Edition
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
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/27/23 Edition
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
- Review of Fallen Land by Taylor Brown
Callum, an Irish horse thief, fled to America an orphan at fifteen years old.
- Six Historical Fiction Backlist Favorites
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
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 7/3/23 Edition
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
- Review of Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
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
- Review of A Family Matter by Claire Lynch
More about Claire Lynch and Family Stories Claire Lynch is also the author of Irish Autobiography and
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/29/25 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading a small-town Irish story of deep connections and the potential
- Review of So Late in the Day: Stories of Women and Men by Claire Keegan
In the brilliant, Irish-born Claire Keegan's newest slim story collection, she explores gender dynamics
- March Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
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
- Six Compelling Nonfiction Reads
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
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/20/23 Edition
01 So Late in the Day: Stories of Women and Men by Claire Keegan In the brilliant, Irish-born Claire
- June Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
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.
- Six Historical Fiction Backlist Favorites
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
- Review of This Other Eden by Paul Harding
Back in 1792, a formerly enslaved man Benjamin Honey and his Irish wife found a safe haven on an island
- Review of The Rachel Incident by Caroline O'Donoghue
In Caroline O'Donoghue's contemporary fiction The Rachel Incident, main character Rachel is an Irish
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/3/23 Edition
Small Things Like These is a slim novel about a small Irish town in the weeks leading up to Christmas
- Review of Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe
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
- ICYMI: Six Compelling Nonfiction Books that Read Like Fiction
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
- Review of This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger
Lake) set in the north woods of Minnesota that features Cork O'Connor, a former sheriff who is part Irish
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/31/22 Edition
01 My Heart Went Walking: An Irish Tale of Love, Loss, and Redemption by Sally Hanan Young Una has only
- Review of The Searcher by Tana French
What do I love more than a Tana French book, a retired detective story, or an Irish setting?
- March Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
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
- Six Historical Fiction Books I Loved in the Past Year
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
- Review of The Parting Glass by Gina Marie Guadagnino
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
- Six of the Best Nonfiction Books I've Read This Year
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
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/28/22 Edition
Anyhoo, in The Awakening, which I'm listening to as an audiobook--I highly recommend this because: Irish
- August Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
Claire Lynch is also the author of Irish Autobiography and Small: On Motherhoods .
- Six Fascinating Historical Fiction Stories about the Civil War
Callum, an Irish horse thief, fled to America an orphan at fifteen years old.
- Six More of My Favorite Literary Fiction Reads of the Year
01 Trespasses by Louise Kennedy Kennedy writes poignantly about the Irish Troubles through the point
- Three Wackily Different Books I'm Reading Right Now, 9/12/20 Edition
band plays for officers of both sides at a celebration marking the end of the war, he lays eyes on an Irish
- October Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
please see The God of the Woods . 02 Trespasses by Louise Kennedy Kennedy writes poignantly about the Irish
- Six Fascinating Books Set in Maine
Back in 1792, a formerly enslaved man Benjamin Honey and his Irish wife found a safe haven on an island
- My Very Favorite Bossy 2023 Reads
In Caroline O'Donoghue's contemporary fiction The Rachel Incident, main character Rachel is an Irish here for my full review of Chenneville. 05 Foster by Claire Keegan Keegan offers a gorgeously wrought Irish
- Review of Simon the Fiddler by Paulette Jiles
That's where Simon lays eyes on the Irish governess for a Union colonel's family.
- July Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
In Caroline O'Donoghue's contemporary fiction The Rachel Incident, main character Rachel is an Irish
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 12/22/20 Edition
Searcher by Tana French What do I love more than a Tana French book, a retired detective story, or an Irish




































