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The Walking People
The Walking People | Mary Beth Keane
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Greta Cahill never believed she would leave her village in the west of Ireland until she found herself on a ship bound for New York, along with her sister Johanna and a boy named Michael Ward. Greta discovers that in America she can fall in love, raise her own family, and earn a living. Though she longs to return and show her family what she has made of herself, her decision to spare her children knowledge of a secret in her past forces her to keep her life in New York separate from the life she once loved in Ireland, and tears her from the people she holds closest. Even fifty years later, when the Ireland of her memory bears little resemblance to that of the present day, she fears that it is still possible to lose all when she discovers that her childrenwith the best of intentionshave conspired to unite the worlds shes so carefully kept separate for decades. A beautifully old-fashioned novel, The Walking People is a debut of remarkable range and power.
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Aims42
The Walking People | Mary Beth Keane
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#TopReads2024 continues with my April pick
🐓🐟🇮🇪🚢🇺🇸🌆 “The Walking People” was a breath taking and mesmerizing read that totally took you for a ride with the Cahill family. My only complaint was that I wished it was longer, I didn‘t want to leave them. I hope maybe one day Mary Beth Keane will revisit them!!

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Aims42
The Walking People | Mary Beth Keane
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Themes: Family (especially sisters!), Ireland and NYC during 1950s to 2000‘s, Great storytelling!

I was hooked from page 1 of this beautifully written book 🥰 Mary Beth Keane has a gift for amazing storytelling and scenery setting; you‘ll shiver from the rain she describes and feel yourself warm up with her descriptions of drinking tea beside a roaring fire. A definite pick!!!

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Beautiful 😍 7mo
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Aims42
The Walking People | Mary Beth Keane
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Why yes, I did “treat myself” to some tea after I cleaned up the kitchen post-dinner 😆👵🏼 Settling in for some ‘Finding Your Roots‘ with a little book reading on this crazy Tuesday night 😍🥰

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Birdsong28
The Walking People | Mary Beth Keane
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Good. Even though this is Mary Beth Keane's debut novel and has been out in the US since 2009 it is finally being published here in the UK on 4th March 2021. This book centres on two sisters and the secrets they keep to hold their family together. Throughout this book nothing extraordinary happens but Mary writes in such a way that keeps you hooked to the very end and keeps you longing for more.

#TheWalkingPeople

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squirrelbrain
The Walking People | Mary Beth Keane
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Thanks to #penguinrandomhouse for the opportunity to read this book.

The Walking People follows the lives of Irish immigrants to New York. The first part of the novel, in Ireland in the 50s, started off very slowly and it took me a while to become involved but I loved the parts set in NYC.

This is Keane‘s first novel and I didn‘t love it as much as Ask Again,Yes (but that one was one of my faves of last year) but still recommended - 4 stars.

charl08 Still haven't read Ask Again - keep hearing good things. 4y
BarbaraBB Great review! 4y
squirrelbrain @charl08 - both books have had a similar style - perhaps a bit Anne Tyler-ish? 4y
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So, this is rather exciting.... an email from Penguin Random House offering me the opportunity to read The Walking People.

I really loved ‘Ask Again, Yes‘ so very much looking forward to this one.

AmyG Nice! 4y
Hooked_on_books That‘s so cool! 4y
Caroline2 Awesome 😎 4y
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eraderneely Oooo looks good! 4y
eanderson Very cool!!! 4y
readordierachel Exciting! 4y
rockpools Fantastic! 4y
youneverarrived Brill! Look forward to your review 💕 4y
BarbaraBB Wow! 4y
Suet624 Nice!! 4y
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