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BlogHer Book Club: Faithful Place by Tana French

Posted by on 5 Oct 2011 in books, Reviews | 0 comments

Oops. This slipped through the cracks when I was sick. Forgive me – my review when live in mid-September.

Some things twist your heart like a baby drowning in a shallow well. Some things wrench your gut like an innocent abused boy who turns into an abuser himself. Some things do both and simultaneously raise a salt-shredded deep and painful ache in the soft tissues of your throat: even if you never let it subside in the gulps and sobs, you know it is there. Faithful Place by Tana French brings those moments from my own history to the fore and reminds me of the anguish and what-ifs. A potent combination of the history of a fictionalized Dublin, the history of Francis Mackey, nostalgia, and tragedy, this book is one to stay away from if you’re in any danger of melancholy. However, being one who likes to wallow every once in awhile… Want to see more? Read my review at BlogHer Book Club!

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Disclosure of Material Connection: I received Faithful Place by Tana French free from The Penguin Press (Penguin Group) through the BlogHer Book Club review program. I was not required to write a positive review although I did receive some compensation. The opinions I have expressed are my own and no one else’s. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255 : “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”
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