Cathy at 746 Books is hosting Reading Ireland Month, and since I’m the lucky one who won the giveaway for Nora by Nuala O’Connor, it seems only appropriate for me to whip up a post about my favourite Irish women writers. I haven’t yet read anything by Nuala O’Connor, but I feel confident that she will join my other favourites because her novel Nora is the fictionalised love story of of Nora Barnacle, wife and muse of my favourite male Irish writer, James Joyce…
However, these are the Irish women writers who are my favourites so far. Links are to my reviews:
Elizabeth Bowen
The Heat of the Day, and a Sensational Snippet: The Heat of the Day
Mary Costello
The China Factory, Guest Review by Karenlee Thompson
Evelyn Conlon
Not the Same Sky, and on the wishlist Skin of Dreams, Stars in the Daytime…
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