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Lädt ... Before The Fallvon Orna Ross
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. This is a five-star novel. Ross has a nice way with words. A couple of examples: “the one he likes best is the one who comes out when we’re home, snuggled up, three quarters of the way down a bottle of wine.” Or, “Dirty dishes accumulate in my sink until furred.” Her description of a plunge into alcoholism is grand, as the Irish might say. There is so much written about “roots.” The protagonist of this novel overcomes her roots, triumphs over the society into which she was born and her family ties to emerge as a startlingly independent, fulfilled woman. She takes the reader to unexpected places: backwater Ireland, to London, to San Francisco, where she is the most interesting. I suffer from an affliction, perhaps, of living in the modern world, but I was halfway through the novel before I realized what the title meant, who was the fallen. Zeige 2 von 2 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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It's August in the long, hot summer of 1995 and Jo Devereux can't believe that she still hasn't returned home to San Francisco, though the time for her to have her baby draws near. Why is she staying on in Ireland, in this crumbling shed at the edge of the ocean? Jo has spent months writing about her great-uncle death at the hands of Dan O'Donovan -- but now she is brought to consider just who led Dan to his grisly murder, by suffocation in Mucknamore's notorious sinking sands. Was her beloved Granny Peg really capable of luring him out there in revenge for the killing of her brother? Or perhaps for more intimate reasons? Or was her grandmother, as Jo would like to believe, innocent of all? Combing family letters and diaries for what has gone unsaid, Jo is unprepared for her reaction, as Civil War reaches its peak and she comes to realise the price she, and her people, had to pay for freedom. But what does it mean for her relationship with Rory, Dan's great-nephew, as he draws ever closer? Will her mission to redeem the past turn out to be the key to her future? Or is she about to lose out, all over again? BEFORE THE FALL (sequel to AFTER THE RISING) is a sweeping, multigenerational tale set in 1920s and 1990s Ireland and 1980s San Francisco. The second book in Orna's Ross's Irish trilogy, this acclaimed, bestselling novel has now been reissued by the author. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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This novel is part of a trilogy. I read the first part [After the Rise] about two weeks before this one and immediately got this one electronically. I haven't previously chosen to read any trilogies because they don't usually hold my interest that long, but this time was different. I am very interested in the IRA for some reason and this novel tells a multi-generational story of IRA membership. It's a good look the disagreements not only between the Irish and the English, but between the Irish and the Irish. I especially enjoyed hearing more about the intense involvement of women in these activities. Additionally one character lives in London awhile and then San Francisco, so the things she experiences around her ethnicity in both places are also addressed and are intriguing. I've read a lot of non-fiction about the IRA and visited Ireland and Belfast and recommend this trilogy to anyone interested in those issues, or just a good family multi-generational novel. ( )