About the Book: Claire Keegan’s mesmeric story takes us into the heart of the Wicklow countryside, and of the farming family of Victor Deegan, with his ‘three teenagers, the milking and the mortgage’. When Deegan finds a gun dog and gives it as a present to his only daughter, his wife is filled with foreboding … Continue reading Short Story Review: The Forester’s Daughter by Claire Keegan| Theresa Smith Writes
About the Book: Years ago, Sukie moved in with Nathan because her mother was dead and her father was difficult, and she had nowhere else to go. Now they are on the brink of the inevitable. Sally Ro…| Theresa Smith Writes
About the Book: Nicholas Coughlan and Isabel Gore are meant for each other they just don’t know it yet. Though each has found both heartache and joy in the wild Irish landscape, their paths a…| Theresa Smith Writes
About the Book: It is the late 1960s in Ireland. Nora Webster is living in a small town, looking after her four children, trying to rebuild her life after the death of her husband. She is fiercely …| Theresa Smith Writes
About the Book: Claire O’Connor’s life has been on hold since she broke up with Tom Morton and moved from cosmopolitan London back home to the rugged West of Ireland to care for her dying father. B…| Theresa Smith Writes
About the Book: Being in limbo, 30,000 feet in the air, offers time to reflect and take stock. For Aaron Umber, it’s an opportunity to connect with his 14-year-old son as they travel halfway across…| Theresa Smith Writes
Book reviews, snippets of book news, and alerts about books outside the glare of the publicity spotlight.| A life in books
Book reviews, snippets of book news, and alerts about books outside the glare of the publicity spotlight.| A life in books
About the Book: It’s 1849 on the west coast of Ireland. Resilient Honora O’Donoghue is accustomed to fending for herself and to reading the language of the natural world. It was always said she’d b…| Theresa Smith Writes
About the Book: From the author of the multimillion-copy bestseller Normal People, an exquisitely moving story about grief, love and family. Aside from the fact that they are brothers, Pe…| Theresa Smith Writes
Book reviews, snippets of book news, and alerts about books outside the glare of the publicity spotlight.| A life in books
Book reviews, snippets of book news, and alerts about books outside the glare of the publicity spotlight.| A life in books
