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Walk the Blue Fields

By: Claire Keegan
Narrated by: Aidan Kelly, Aoife McMahon, Aidan Quinn
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Summary

A long-haired woman moves into the priest's house and sets fire to his furniture. That Christmas, the electricity goes out. A forester mortgages his land and goes off to a seaside town looking for a wife. He finds a woman eating alone in the hotel. A farmer wakes half-naked and realises the money is almost gone. And in the title story, a priest waits on the altar for a bride and battles, all that wedding day, with his memories of a love affair.

In her long-awaited second collection, Claire Keegan observes an Ireland wrestling with its past.

©2021 Claire Keegan (P)2021 Faber Audio
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not my ideal read

I am probably not a short story reader, I tried this and it was ok, a bit sad and depressing but not one I shall remember

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If Ireland 🇮🇪 has ur 💚this is ur golden ticket

I absolutely loved this book.. if I had searched “ Irish atmospheric books” I’m sure this would have been top of the list .. my spiritual home and heart is in ireland so this read (listen) these characters and the superb narrator’s whisked me right off and put me down in that exquisite place of my dreams .. love love love 💚💚💚💚💚💚 💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚

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Meh

This is a compilation of eight short stories some of which are triggering which was not revealed in the brief description. Wish I had returned it.

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