Books by Monica McInerney
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review 1: One of my favorite authors, McInerney does it again, but with more depth and emotion. The author's grasp of family issues, including sibling rivalry, joys, tragedies,etc., enhances the novel. Ella is a complex character, as she leaves her husband and family to run from a traged...
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review 1: I was provided an advance e-copy of this book from NetGalley and Penguin Group Berkley for an honest review.Angela Richardson and Nick Gillespie have a whirlwind romance, marry and take up residence on a large Australian sheep ranch. The story begins 33 years later. The Gillesp...
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review 1: What a family. I admire McInerey's talent in creating this cast of characters. An English family takes up resident in a heritage house in country Victoria. The local community doesn't really accept them and they don't plan on being accepted either. In spite of myself, I wanted...
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review 1: Lola's Secret is somewhat of a sequel to McInerney's first book, The Alphabet Sisters. This book though focuses mostly on the grandmother of the girls and her life at 84 years of age. Parts of this book made me laugh out loud and other parts of it took on a more serious nature....
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review 1: The problem with this book is it needs a warning "not to be read by those with infants". It will give you paranoias and nightmares. Otherwise, it was a good story. The mystery at the house of memories was a bit of a let-down in the end however. The highlight of the story are Char...
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review 1: I'm so glad that I had the patience to allow this story to unfold. It made the 2nd half of the book all the more enjoyable. Another 'messy' relationships book from Monica. Being able to perceive situations by the different characters, with their differing motives and how their 'i...
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review 1: other people's families r not always perfect this follows the story of gracie and her family the templetons who move to australia from england to take up residence in a stately home and give tours at the weekend they set the locals talking and their neighbours - single mother ni...
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review 1: I've had this sitting in the to-read pile for quite some time - I've always liked McInerney's work and I like to support her, as she comes from my home state of South Australia.This is a collection of her short stories (including the novella "Odd One Out") which marked the beginn...
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review 1: Lola's Secret YA is my genre. For sure. But that one day, I went to my local bookstore and stood in front of the 'fiction' shelf. I wanted to try a different genre; a more sophisticated book, perhaps. I picked up Lola's Secret with a totally different impression in mind. Lola's S...