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Before The Fall
by
Orna Ross (Goodreads Author)
In 1923, Dan O'Donovan, an Irish Free State soldier, was found dead in the notorious sinking sands at Mucknamore. Was he a victim of the 'War of The Brothers' that has been tearing this village apart ? Or lured to his death for other, more personal, reasons?
Now it is 1995 and Jo Devereux has returned to Mucknamore from San Francisco, pregnant and troubled, to uncover the s...more
Now it is 1995 and Jo Devereux has returned to Mucknamore from San Francisco, pregnant and troubled, to uncover the s...more
ebook, 222 pages
Published
March 17th 2012
by Font Publications
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Orna Ross' novel "Before The Fall" is a story that spans three generations and three countries with sweeping grandeur. It is a story of love won and lost, hate, secrets kept and secrets revealed, war, birth and death, family dysfunction, and fierce independence. I was compelled to read far into the night for want of knowing what was to come next. I highly recommend Ms. Ross' novel, set in Ireland, the U.K., and the United States. Her use of the Irish language is genuine and intriguing which help...more
Orna Ross has a gift for storytelling and her writing is superb. While Before the Fall didn't have the same impact for me personally as her previous book, After The Rising, it's a must-read to appreciate the full outcome of this compelling generational tale with its accompanying mystery. And what an eye-catching, gorgeous cover!
I actually enjoyed this book more than the first. It delved into so many more issues--the gay community, AIDS, marital and familial struggles, mental institutionalization, feminism, immigration and racism. And oh, I thought I cried when reading the first book, I cried more here. I predicted the patronage from the middle of the first book, but the truth about what really happened with Dan I didn't see coming. I wanted a happy ending with Rory SO badly but I can see the bigger picture. This book i...more
May 01, 2013
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Before the Fall is a sequel. I hadn't read the first book, but this book is still perfectly fine as a stand alone novel. Before the Fall is a wonderfully written novel about three generations of family. Orna Ross is a great author and not only was this book good, it's made me want to find out more about Irish history. It was easy to get into and of course I couldn't put the book down until I finished it. It's a good decent book worth reading.
I found this a complex book to read and get into. Listening to it with the text-to-speech facility on the Kindle was difficult because there were no breaks between the historical and modern sections. This is a problem with this feature of Kindle which has yet to be resolved if blind users are to get the full benefit out of it. Nevertheless, the story was well constructed and had a satisfying end. i recommend it to readers who are familiar with Irish history; for myself, I found the up-to-date se...more
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Took awhile for me to get into this book. It was a good read over all, though. It is a sequel, which I didn't realize until after beginning it. I do think I will read book one, also, though.
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Orna Ross is an Irish author, living in London with one foot in the US of A. She writes novels, poems and nonfiction and blogs about creative writing and creative living.
Orna has enjoyed publication by Attic Press and Penguin and now publishes her own work. She is founding author & Director at /The Alliance of Independent Authors/.
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Orna has enjoyed publication by Attic Press and Penguin and now publishes her own work. She is founding author & Director at /The Alliance of Independent Authors/.
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