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#12BooksOf2025 - day 3 March

I really enjoyed this one. I won‘t forget Colette anytime soon. #offtheshelf

What a beautiful read. Melancholy, sad, real and your heart in your mouth all the way through. Can‘t believe no one else has read this yet!

I loved this novel set in County Donegal. It follows several couples and their troubled marriages at a time when divorce was illegal. Propulsive and engaging, the writing is clear and places you in the scene. The characters & the ambiguity & in their relationships rang true. Murrin does not judge but leaves us to ponder the effects of the Church & marriage for women. He creates tension, I kept wanting to turn the page. Great debut.

I felt like I was in a fever dream while reading this. I could feel the restlessness of the FMC while she was just trying to live a life.

Through her words, Nedreaas smacks you right in the middle of this story and never lets you go.

There are a lot of "gasp out loud" moments in this story, but the most shocking to me was the very descriptive self-termination of pregnancy (trigger warning).

3.5⭐️

Thank you so much Sue for this wonderful surprise in the mail! ♥️♥️ This sounds right up my alley and I‘m looking forward to reading it.

A mother, her two daughters, and an ex-husband of one of the daughters are struggling: one coping with an end of life issue and the others dealing with an infidelity and a reckoning. I appreciated the writing and, honestly, I related strongly with all the characters. There should have been a ‘bad guy‘ but I found myself able to empathize with all of them. Not sure who decided this cover though. Thanks to @Jeg and @Centique for the recommendation.

Thanks for reviewing this book @Jeg encouraging me to read it. I havent read a book about estranged family members for a long time, and this was just written so well. Hillary is the widowed mother of two daughters who are no longer speaking to each other. We have her POV, Esther and April, the two middle aged daughters, and Lawrence, Esther‘s ex-husband. Each of them are at a crossroads. ⬇️

https://youtu.be/rtGBFIzTwNg

Intro
Mystery guest
The Coast Road by Alan Murrin
Out of Time: The Collected Short Stories of Samira Azzam by Samîra Azzâm, Ranya Abdelrahman (Translator)
Heart Lamp: Selected Stories by Banu Mushtaq, Deepa Bhasthi (Translator)
River of Fire and Other Stories by Oh Jung-hee, O Chŏnghŭi, Bruce Fulton and Ju-Chan Fulton (Translators)
Cat Brushing by Jane Campbell

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