Patricia Falvey
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The Yellow House
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2010
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20 editions
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The Titanic Sisters
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2019
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23 editions
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The Girls of Ennismore
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2017
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22 editions
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The Linen Queen
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2011
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16 editions
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The Famine Orphans
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2025
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4 editions
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"The Famine Orphans
On a recent visit to Ireland I had the opportunity to tour a work house in Carrickmacross where I learned of the young women who were sent to Australia with a promise of a better life and opportunity. Many never made it, the conditi" Read more of this review » |
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"Stays with you!!
Oh how I'm gonna miss Kate and all the other orphans! This is one of those books that you just never want to end! Extremely well written! 1 of the best books I've ever read! Looking forward to reading more from Patricia Falvey! " Read more of this review » |
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"Thanks to the publisher and author for the advance copy of this book. I knew very little of the Irish potato famine and knew nothing of the Earl Grey Scheme. The chronological progression was effective, where my eagerness for what’s next piqued in pa"
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"Titanic stories always fascinate me. In this case the catastrophe was more of a background player than the central storyline which worked well in telling the story of two such very different sisters. Both Nora and Delia changed throughout the story s"
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“Secrets are like the cancer of families. Like tumors, they grow ever larger, and if they are not removed, they suffocate the mind and spirit, and spawn madness. As long as they remain, they cast a shadow on every truth that is uttered, clouding it, constricting it, disporting it. Secrets hurt the secret keeper as much as the poor souls from whom the secret is kept. And even once the secret is out, its shadow echoes into the future, the remnants of its memory leaving us vigilant and fearful.”
― The Yellow House
― The Yellow House
“I know what it means, Brendan cut in gruffly, I'm not ignorant for fuck's sake.”
― The Girls of Ennismore
― The Girls of Ennismore
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| Challenge: 50 Books: Helene's 50 Book Challenge 2010 | 95 | 218 | Oct 26, 2010 02:58AM | |
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| Challenge: 50 Books: Kristine I's 2010 Reading Challenge | 83 | 225 | Jan 03, 2011 07:09PM | |
| Every one's Choice: Winners for March | 35 | 20 | Mar 04, 2011 06:01AM | |
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“Secrets are like the cancer of families. Like tumors, they grow ever larger, and if they are not removed, they suffocate the mind and spirit, and spawn madness. As long as they remain, they cast a shadow on every truth that is uttered, clouding it, constricting it, disporting it. Secrets hurt the secret keeper as much as the poor souls from whom the secret is kept. And even once the secret is out, its shadow echoes into the future, the remnants of its memory leaving us vigilant and fearful.”
― The Yellow House
― The Yellow House











































