Eileen Dunne

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Liese O'Halloran Schwarz, ER doctor and novelist (picture Amy Stern)

Review: Liese O'Halloran Schwarz's The Possible World

Set in Providence, Rhode Island and spanning almost a century from the Great Depression, through the Vietnam War and up to modern times, The Possible World left Eileen Dunne underwhelmed.

Books • 02 Aug 18

Ruth Fitzmaurice: paperback edition of her moving yet lively memoir now out

Reviewed: I Found My Tribe by Ruth Fitzmaurice

I Found My Tribe is Ruth Fitzmaurice's story of family life with her husband Simon who was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease in 2008. It is truly wonderful, says Eileen Dunne.

Culture • 03 Jul 18

Clemantine Wamariya: 'I don't want to be lost, I'm Clemantine.'

Reviewed: Clemantine Wamariya's Girl Who Smiled Beads

The Girl Who Smiled Beads is not an easy read, both because of the grim tale it tells and because of one's sense that the author remains deeply troubled despite her own and others' best efforts, writes Eileen Dunne

Books • 28 May 18

Anthony Ray Hinton: 30 years in an Alabama jail for crimes he did not commit

Reviewed: The Sun Does Shine by Anthony Ray Hinton

Seems incongruous doesn't it, finding life and freedom on Death Row - Anthony Ray Hinton - familiarly known as Ray - had almost 30 years to work on it, and in fairness it did take him quite some time. Eileen Dunne was enthralled by this moving account.

Books • 01 May 18

Alison Jameson whose previous novel This Man and Me was nominated for the IMPAC Literary Award. Her latest novel is This Family of Things, now out in paperback.

Reviewed: This Family of Things by Alison Jameson

Loneliness seeps out of almost every page of this book, and haunts all of the main characters at some point, writes Eileen Dunne

Books • 22 Apr 18

Shane Connaughton: his latest novel, Married Quarters is now out in paperback

Reviewed: Married Quarters by Shane Connaughton

Eileen Dunne welcomes novelist Shane Connaughton's latest dispatch from a 1950s Garda barracks, set in County Cavan in the 1950s.

Books • 17 Apr 18

Patricia Scanlan - her novel Orange Blossom Days now out in paperback

Reviewed: Orange Blossom Days by Patricia Scanlan

Originally published last year. Patricia Scanlan's novel detailing the lives and loves of the people who live and work in La Joya de Andalucia, a luxury apartment complex in southern Spain is now out in paperback. Eileen Dunne loved it first time around.

Books • 13 Mar 18

Tara Westover: affecting memoir of a singular Idaho upbringing

Reviewed: Educated by Tara Westover

'It's strange how you give the people you love so much power over you' That is one of the many stand-out quotes from an extraordinary book life depicting life in rural Idaho at the end of the last century.

Books • 12 Mar 18

Claudia Carroll: Our Little Secret is now out in paperback

Reviewed: Our Little Secret by Claudia Carroll

Eillen Dunne reviews Claudia Carroll's Our Little Secret, which recently appeared in paperback. It is the harrowing story of lawyer Sarah Keyes and the interloper who wreaks havoc on her personal and professional life.

Books • 01 Mar 18

Katherena Vermette: Men don't come well out of her story, says Eileen Dunne

Reviewed: The Break by Katherena Vermette

Eileen Dunne welcomes The Break, set in Canada in the wake of a savage sexual assault on 13-year-old Emily on a snowy winter's night.

Books • 14 Feb 18