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A beautifully rendered portrait of life in rural Ireland which charms and delights with its authentic
characters and gentle humor. This vivid portrayal of the universal search for
love brings with it a darker tale, heartbreaking in its poignancy.
From Publishers Weekly: Memoirist
McKenna's debut novel—a pastoral, feel-good yarn set in 1974 County
Derry—concerns two Irish 40-somethings who meet through a newspaper Lonely
Hearts column. Both farmer Jamie McCloone and schoolteacher Lydia Devine have
suffered the recent death of a loved one. Jamie's traumatic childhood at a
sweatshop run by the nuns from hell precipitates his dependence on Valium and
whiskey. Lydia, meanwhile, grew up under the oppressive thumb of her now-dead
rector father and—at age 40, still a virgin who has never tasted
alcohol—decides it's time to live a little. The pair, of course, are grossly
mismatched—she prim and buttoned-down, he a rough-edged rustic—which is
underscored repeatedly during their lengthy postal courtship. Comic relief
comes from Jamie's neighbors, the McFaddens, who do their best to aid Jamie and
lift him from his saturnine moods. McKenna—who's written a memoir, My Mother Wore a Yellow Dress—places a few twists in the narrative, saving the most
startling until the close. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of
Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
[McKenna's] portrait of rural
life is amusing and affectionate, wittily and winningly detailed..." ~Kirkus
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