Beth Lordan

This was interesting, a retired couple settles in Ireland (he's American, she emigrated from Ireland to marry him). It's basically an exploration of the way family relationships, including but not limited to marriage, change and evolve over the course of time and distance. I'm not sure why she calls it a novel in stories because all the chapters were related and chronological. I suppose you could take any given chapter on its own and it would be meaningful in its own right. Maybe that's why.

Someone tagged this as "Irish Literature." It's not. The author lives in Carbondale, Illinois. As far as I can tell, she's not Irish, the novel just takes place in Ireland. Most of the characters are American.… (altro)