Bibliofemme Bookclub An Irish Bookclub

January 10, 2012

Trust Me by Lesley Pearse

Filed under: Book Reviews,Historical Fiction — The Techie @ 12:55 pm
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Title: Trust Me Author: Lesley Pearse Genre: Fiction Publisher: Penguin UK Release Date: 2001-03 Pages: 720

It’s 1947. Sisters Dulcie (8) and May (5) live in an alright area of post-war London where their biggest problems are an over-protective father and a mother who cares more about her appearance than where the next meal is coming from. But when the girls find themselves orphaned they soon wake up to a few harsh realities. Placed in the care of

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What She Wants by Cathy Kelly

Filed under: Book Reviews,Chick-Lit,Irish — The Techie @ 12:55 pm
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Title: What She Wants Author: Cathy Kelly Genre: Chick-Lit, Irish Publisher: Harper Pages: 732

Four women with four very different lives but all facing huge life changing decisions – how will they cope?

Hope is the working mum, who carries around a continuing burden of guilt that nothing she does is right. Her husband Marc isn’t happy, her two kids are being raised by a close relation of Hitler’s, who runs the local crèche

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Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom

Filed under: Book Reviews,Biography — The Techie @ 12:55 pm
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Title: Tuesdays with Morrie Author: Mitch Albom Genre: Biography & Autobiography Publisher: Broadway Release Date: 2002 Pages: 192

I am probably a little behind, as I have only just read Tuesdays with Morrie. This book was apparently responsible for changing people’s lives all around the world and has been published in 19 countries in 16 different languages.

Tuesdays With Morrie is a memoir, written by Mitch Albom, about his professor Morrie Schwarz. Mitch had lost touch

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Into the Wilderness by Sara Donati

Filed under: Book Reviews,Historical Fiction — The Techie @ 12:55 pm
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Title: Into the Wilderness Author: Sara Donati Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Delta Pages: 896

In the late eighteenth century all women did what their fathers bid them, but Elizabeth Middleton decided she was different. Raised by an elderly aunt in England, Elizabeth travels to join her father at a remote American outpost. Her dream is to teach the local children and run her own school, but she soon realises that her father has brought her

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Twisted by Jonathan Kellerman

Filed under: Book Reviews,Thriller — The Techie @ 12:55 pm
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Title: Twisted Author: Jonathan Kellerman Genre: Thriller Publisher: Ballantine Books Release Date: May 28 2013 Pages: 455

This is the second book by Jonathan Kellerman that features Detective Petra Connor. Widely known for his Alex Cross novels, Kellerman’s new departure seems to be working well as Connor’s character develops even further in Twisted.

Connor is babysitting Issac Gomez, a genius on the verge of completing his PHD at the age of 21. Gomez while

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Wild Swans by Jung Chan

Filed under: Book Reviews,Biography — The Techie @ 12:55 pm
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Title: Wild Swans Author: Jung Chang Genre: Biography Publisher: HarperPress Release Date: Jan 1 2012 Pages: 688

This book was given me to my grandmother it was one of the first biographies I ever read, and I have been constantly disappointed ever since, no-one can match Jung Chang’s ability to tell a story.

It’s a beautifully written story of a grandmother, mother and daughter. Each woman’s life is very different and seems to typify a different

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Two for Joy by Patricia Scanlan

Filed under: Book Reviews,Chick-Lit,Irish — The Techie @ 12:55 pm
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Title: Two for Joy Author: Patricia Scanlan Genre: Women Publisher: Random House Release Date: Apr 1 2007 Pages: 623

Heather is a country girl, who doesn’t think there’s anything wrong with being a country girl, her glamorous cousin thinks that living anywhere other than Dublin is a mortal sin, so therefore good natured Heather is dragged off to Dublin where slowly but surely things start to go wrong.

Noreen returned home from London to nurse her mother

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The Windbreaker Season by Terri O’Mahony

Filed under: Book Reviews,Chick-Lit,Irish — The Techie @ 12:55 pm
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Title: The Windbreaker Season Author: Terri O'Mahony Genre: Alcoholism Publisher: Poolbeg Press Release Date: Jan 1 2004 Pages: 479

Seaman’s Point looks like heaven to any city dweller but to Eva Fitzgerald, who has spent the last four weeks there with two small children, it is a prison without bars. As her husband’s absences increase, due to the glamorous Sylvia, Eva’s drinking does too. When Eva discovers she’s pregnant it’s the last thing she

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The Tyrant’s Novel by Thomas Keneally

Filed under: Book Reviews,Thriller — Femmes @ 12:55 pm
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Title: The Tyrant's Novel Author: Thomas Keneally Genre: Thriller Release Date: 2004 Pages: 293

The accomplished author Thomas Keneally has written over 25 novels and several works of non-fiction. He is probably best known for the book Schindler’s Ark that went on to win the Booker Prize in 1982 and was also made into the film Schindler’s List. His most recently published book, The Tyrant’s Novel, has been my first taste of

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Upside Down Inside Out by Monica McInerney

Filed under: Book Reviews,Chick-Lit — The Historian @ 12:55 pm
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Title: Upside Down Inside Out Author: Monica McInerney Genre: Chick-Lit Publisher: Pan

In her second novel, Australian author Monica McInerney revisits many of the themes and places of her debut ‘A Taste For It’. ‘Upside Down Inside Out’ is set in the dual locations of Ireland and Australia (adding London this time for good measure), offers plenty of good food and wine – McInerney’s last heroine

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