Books by Christina McKenna
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review 1: Bessie is recently widowed and forced to leave Belfast to escape the people who killed her husband. She and her (poorly behaved) son land in a small village, where she finds a place to live, a job and a collection of people with assorted quirks. Parts of the story are entertainin...
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review 1: This is the second book I've read by McKenna and I love the Irish brogue and the setting. Initially it took me a little bit of time to get into this book as I didn't really understand how all the very different characters went together. However as much as a town has a diverse g...
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review 1: Really loved it until the completely ridiculous hollywood ending. Ugh, I hate that!
review 2: The first 100 pages or so were a little boring, but afterwards it picked up considerably.
review 2: The first 100 pages or so were a little boring, but afterwards it picked up considerably.
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review 1: So heartfelt, I cried and laughed. It took me a bit of time to get hooked. However once hooked, I envisioned the Ireland country and the homes. The abuse Jamie suffered was so extremely tragic. Although fiction, the author researched that the neglect and abuse in these orphanag...
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review 1: The book was built on the foundation of the deepest cruelty- the orphanages that so brutally abused and misused children in Ireland that were run by the Catholic Church. The actions of the church were absolutely deplorable. The story is told in flashbacks from the life of one m...