Since that Irish pub in Florida has been allowed...

...to hang their flag back up, I shall celebrate by pointing you to my old review of Siobhan Dowd's gorgeous Bog Child:

I don't want to call it slow-moving, because I didn't find it so—I felt so much tension due to the hunger strikes and to Fergus' involvement in running packages over the border, not to mention the growing tension within his family and within himself—but I can certainly see how someone else could feel that way.

Me, though? I found it flat-out riveting. Siobhan Dowd created an amazing sense of place and time, but somehow made the story—which, aside from the larger themes of conflict, sacrifice and peace, was about a boy letting go of his childhood and preparing to move on and in to the world—timeless.

Because, you know: it's set in Ireland.

Comments

[Cecelia]

This book is on my 'to read before I go to Ireland' list (which had better be soon, because hopefully I'll head there in September!), and I'm glad to see that you liked it so much. Yay!

[Leila]

Ooo, yay! I hope you like it: let me know! (And so exiting about your possible trip!)