Welcome to Litsy!

At first, I thought this was interconnected or related to ‘The Spinning Heart‘ and ‘The Thing About December‘ which confused me until I double-checked: This is a standalone collection of shorts set (mostly) in Tipperary, Ireland. Each story holds a tragic note paradoxically couched in beautiful almost lyrical prose. Two stories had me gasp, but all are memorable. Wayne Farrell did an admirable job of narrating all POVs regardless of age or gender

Real powerful stories. Most of the main characters are rather cruel people; they kill, steal, offend and yet you stick with them. A killer can also be tired. A nurse who abuses her patients is also a mother, struggling with the alienation of her growing children.
I don't think I'll ever forget the priest in Syria, who teaches young muslims how to play hurling, or the girl who is being discriminated by a woman who tries to be nice.

#book3 of #deweysreadathon and the snacks are out! Donal Ryan's short stories capture human nature in a very special way. Always so quotable... "There was a woman he'd have like to marry but he knew no way to cover the ground between them and nor did she"... "The universe was once a dot, laden with the weight of everything that would ever be"... "He never knew his own soul until that moment; I saw the knowing descend on him" #readathon

#day7 #catchingup #somethingborrowed my current library haul is perfect for Autumn afternoons in front of the fire #booktober #neverendingtbr