pickIn a small town near Belfast, during the Troubles, Cushla juggles her teaching job, bar keeping at the family bar at night, a perpetually drunk mother, the man she‘s having an affair with, and giving her heart to a young student whose poor Protestant family is barely making ends meet when the father is beaten so badly he can no longer function. There‘s a lot going on yet this short book moves at a snail‘s pace. We are given intimate details ⬇️
Texreader about the affair. The violence between the Protestants and Catholics is ever present in the background of the story and slowly reveals its impact on Cushla and Michael, changing Cushla forever. I struggled to get through this book, given its slow pace. Soft pick. #Ireland #foodandlit @Catsandbooks 2h
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