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Ireland is falling apart. The government is turning against its people and Eilish's husband has disappeared. As a mother of four, with a father slowly losing his memories, Eilish is in full survival mode.

This book is raw, intense and made my heart pound. Every scene here we've seen on the news. We know this story, but we're aren't used to reading about it affecting Westerners. Affecting white people.

And that's the point.

I liked the interwoven stories and the parallels between the Kindertransport children of WWII and the refugee children separated from their parents at the US border in more recent times. It makes me very sad to think of these situations that are still affecting many refugees today.

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Someone on Goodreads described this novel as quietly brutal and quietly beautiful, and I don't think that I could describe it much more accurately than that. My rating isn't higher because despite all of its beauty and brutality, I found it also somewhat monotonous at times.

I read this book for #FoodandLit. I found it hard to read because it felt like one long paragraph after another because of no quotes when the characters were speaking. It was hard for me to get used to. I found it hard to understand what was going on. And still the ending left me with so many questions. I wanted to yell at the main character a few times as well. Overall, I thought the book was ok. #Read2025 @Texreader @Catsandbooks @DieAReader

3.5⭐️/5⭐️

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Audio. That probably should‘ve been read. This is a migrant story based on the authors real life story. That itself is incredible to take on. The story felt down to earth, which is nice, though it took me researching the book to find out the secret of the doors. I bet I‘d enjoyed it more if I got that crucial concept earlier on. This still feels like an important story to absorb, as it takes a part what being on the run as a refugee can be about

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