Bibliofemme Bookclub An Irish Bookclub

Not all books have the same target audience or aspire to literary greatness. PS, I Love You is not great literature, it is, I suppose, something to wipe the sand off with.

However, for a book of this category its main topic is that of grief, the grief of a young widow and her life in the year following her husband’s death; this encapsulating

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“being abandoned is worse than someone telling you you’re worthless. At least if someone says you’re worthless, they’re still here, beside you, talking.” – Act Three, Naked by Alfonso Morelli

Two people who once meant everything to each other are about to meet again, but ten years later can the spark still be there

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Three women with seemingly unrelated lives form a circle where everything that goes around, comes around.

Jojo Harvey is a literary agent, and also energetic, ambitious and sexy to boot. Highly competitive, Jojo is desperate to climb the corporate ladder. But, with inter-office politics running high, life isn’t easy – and of course Jojo

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Tressa is a New York food writer in her late thirties. Just home from her honeymoon, after marrying the gorgeous Dan, she already doubts their marriage. Convinced that she married Dan because she was terrified of being left on the shelf, Tressa wonders if she has made a terrible mistake.

Bernardine was Tressa’s grandmother. Born in Ireland in

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Aileen has been running her B&B in Galway for the past 20 years, addicted to foreign shows about relocating she now decides the time has come to make some changes – but how can she convince her stuck in the rut husband Joe and her under-achieving punk son!

Shona is a 36 year old career orientated success story, but in one weekend her life

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