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Trespasses | Louise Kennedy
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Interesting fact about Belfast. #foodandlit #Ireland @Catsandbooks

Catsandbooks 👍🏼🇮🇪 2w
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Trespasses | Louise Kennedy
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Very fun using one of my bookmarks from #Ireland (from our trip there last summer) for my #foodandlit books this month! @Catsandbooks

Catsandbooks Awesome!! 🇮🇪 3w
AnnCrystal 🆒🔖💝. 3w
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Trespasses | Louise Kennedy
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I‘m starting this book for #Ireland #foodandlit @Catsandbooks

TheBookHippie Oh I heard this was good! 1mo
squirrelbrain It‘s very good! 1mo
TheKidUpstairs Loved this one! 4w
AnneCecilie That‘s a good one. Read it last year (?) when it was in the Women‘s Prize for Fiction Longlist 4w
Catsandbooks 💚🇮🇪 4w
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andrew61
Cal | Bernard MacLaverty
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A beautifully told story abt a young Catholic man living with his father in a loyalist community at the height of the troubles. Haunted by his part in the killing of a local police man he tries to get out of more ira activity. When he meets the widow of the victim, a love affair seems inevitable but doomed. A brilliant book that I couldn't put down + was immersed in brilliant writing. I saw the film in the 80s so will be interested to watch again

Texreader Looks like a good book for #Ireland #foodandlit this month @Catsandbooks 1mo
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mjtwo
Milkman | Anna Burns
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17-21 Nov 24 (audiobook)
I loved this audiobook but can understand it would be a difficult read.
Set in Northern Ireland during The Troubles, the story is narrated by Middle Sister, an apparently Catholic teenager who is negotiating entry into adulthood in a suspicious, conservative and fearful society. She is stalked by the lecherous middle-aged Milkman and unsure about her relationship with Maybe Boyfriend.
The Wee Sisters are wonderfully funny!

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Readerann
Trespasses | Louise Kennedy
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I was drawn into this story of a young schoolteacher in Ireland during The Troubles. Cushla is trying to get by despite her alcoholic mother and love of the wrong man. It all felt very authentic.

Suet624 I‘m always so happy when I see someone else has read this and enjoyed it. 4mo
BkClubCare @Suet624 - was going to say the same! I do think I have a fondness for Irish lit. 4mo
Suet624 @BkClubCare I definitely do. 😂 4mo
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rambiepaige
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Finally reading this before the show comes out!

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IuliaC
Trespasses | Louise Kennedy
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This book is beautiful and heart-wrenching through its realistic depictions of normal people trying to live their ordinary lives in extremely violent times.

In 1970s' Belfast, a young Catholic school teacher falls in love with a Protestant married man and we see the tragedy of living during the Troubles unfold.

I enjoyed both this one and "Milkman".

sarahbarnes Ditto! 5mo
IuliaC @sarahbarnes 😃👍 5mo
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Slowworm's Song | Andrew Miller
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Terrific day at the used bookstore with lots of great finds from Europa and other small presses. Also was able to hit the amazing periodical store (which unfortunately is closing after many years due to a rent hike - hoping desperately they can find a new location) and snagged the two most recent Paris Reviews. #europacollective

Lindy Elena Knows ❤️ 5mo
Tamra Enjoy Elena! It‘s marvelous. 5mo
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