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Niall Williams and his wife Christine Breen are both writers, and she is also an artist. They met in Dublin as students at University College. Niall was from Dublin, and although Christine's parents were Irish, they had moved to America when she was five. After Christine returned to America, Niall joined her, and they were married in 1980. Five years later Christine inherited her ancestral home and land and they decided to return to Ireland to farm, write, and paint.

This book was written after their first year in the four-room cottage in West Clare where Chris's grandfather had been born. I had a hard time settling into this account at first. It moved slowly and didn't contain that much interest for me. About halfway through when they began to write about their neighbors and the traditional Irish life most in this rural area still lived, that changed. The music, the storytelling, the descriptions of the local people and how they became friends was what I was looking for. Chris had a relative living close by and they probably would have failed had she not been the support she assumed she should be. From telling them when to plant beans to telling them who to call to help harvest turf for winter fuel, she was an encyclopedia of traditional rural Irish life. Through the years Niall and Christine have had success at writing and she at painting. They still live on the farm, and there are three more books about their lives there. I look forward to reading them and other books they have written as well.… (mehr)
 
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clue | May 30, 2022 |
It took a bit to really get going on this book, but I am glad that I read it. I think the slow going was my own fault and not that of the book.

I enjoyed all of the characters of this book. Iris is such a strong woman. I live the states and I don't think I would head off to Boston all on my own. I enjoyed getting to know the characters as the chapters switched and gave us insight to their thoughts.
 
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heatherdhahn | 2 weitere Rezensionen | Feb 5, 2018 |
This is a debut novel for Christine Breen and based on the novel, I predict more great books from her in the future. She's not Maeve Binchy yet (as advertised) but has the potential to get to that level.

Iris is a gardner and blogger in Ireland and has been a widow since her husband Luke died several years earlier from cancer. Their adopted daughter Rose is 29 and studying at a prestigious music institute in London. As the novel begins, Iris receives a bad report on a mammogram and and because she is worried about a possible cancer diagnosis, she decides to try to find Rose's birth mother as Luke had requested on his deathbed. Her search takes her to Boston where she meets several interesting people. Rose, in London, is faced with many problems and decides to go home, unaware of her mother's search for her birth mother.

This is a novel about family and motherhood and adoption. Iris really sums up her feelings about her life "Rose is my life work. I can't leave unfinished." It's also about starting to live again after a spouse dies. I thought that the author handled these issues very well and I definitely enjoyed this book and the main characters. I would love to read a sequel to this story.
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susan0316 | 2 weitere Rezensionen | Sep 20, 2016 |
bittersweet....heartwarming/heart rending ...spontaneous, poignant exploration of life...

"Iris Bowen is a young Irish gardener and mother of a beloved adopted daughter." (publisher's note)
This is their story.

3.5 ★
 
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pennsylady | 2 weitere Rezensionen | Aug 23, 2016 |

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