false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171033703m/82955.jpg 82955 11 <div><i>The Country Girls Trilogy and Epilogue</i> is an absolutely engaging saga that is, thematically, about opposites - opposite dispositions and opposite views of life, the survivor versus the ungovernable romantic. It charts unflinchingly the pattern of life, for women, from the high spirits of youth to the chill of middle age, from hope to despair. It is both painful and hilarious.<br></div> 504995 1986 The Country Girls Trilogy and Epilogue total:260|5:61|4:95|3:79|2:22|1:3| 260 969 465 38 3 4 false false Wed Nov 19 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Aug 10 17:11:13 -0700 2008 Wed Nov 19 21:09:10 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 08 17:24:36 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 30 18:18:43 -0700 2009
O'Brien captures perfectly, in my opinion, the era and place she is concerned with. Not as downtrodden as "Angela's Ashes" by any means, but certainly far, far from sweetness and light. The perva...more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Jun 30 13:00:04 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 30 13:04:13 -0700 2008 By Jim Ruland

O’Brien’s relationship with Ireland has always been a cantankerous one. Her first novel, The Country Girls, written in 1959 during a three-week frenzy, was condemned by the minister of culture as a “smear on Irish wo...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Aug 09 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 29 08:33:21 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 09 17:55:55 -0700 2008 The Country Girls and The Lonely Girl, as a teenager back in the '60s. In my opinion, those two books held up very well. Kate and Baba are best friends, although Baba frequently treats Kate, the more schola...more...]]> 4 2 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 22 20:09:24 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 11 20:15:03 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Nov 14 14:25:49 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 18 12:02:28 -0800 2007 3 0 false false Wed Dec 03 07:49:50 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 03 07:56:13 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jul 24 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 12 19:21:27 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 24 22:12:31 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Feb 04 19:18:18 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 04 19:26:04 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Feb 02 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 04 09:05:47 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 04 09:32:59 -0800 2008
Their small town is portrayed as heartbreakingly beautifu...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Aug 04 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 31 18:29:29 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 04 18:58:20 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Feb 16 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 09 21:31:25 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 16 16:36:50 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Sep 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 20 04:51:57 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 22 09:31:58 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Oct 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 14:52:49 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 27 06:28:59 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Apr 26 19:01:24 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 26 19:06:01 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Tue Mar 31 18:13:26 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 31 18:20:35 -0700 2009
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