tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post3322002323888413046..comments2023-07-10T01:17:13.383+10:00Comments on Brona's Books: The Gathering by Anne EnrightBronahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11110584237325026052noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-43655544562492233842015-02-02T04:32:21.041+11:002015-02-02T04:32:21.041+11:00Love this simple and beautiful review! Thanks! I l...Love this simple and beautiful review! Thanks! I like that cover. Kamihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13544522373726447697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-71127777767911994682015-02-01T21:54:46.915+11:002015-02-01T21:54:46.915+11:00Although far from Irish or Catholic, I did grow up...Although far from Irish or Catholic, I did grow up in a large family - the often unkind sibling humour in this book was therefore very familiar and even funny! The depressing part was also very familiar...but gratefully, from a distance, viewed as an "I remember when - thank god that's not me any longer" frame of mind. Maybe that's why I didn't find it too depressing, because I had faith that Veronica would come out okay on the other side, eventually.Bronahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11110584237325026052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-35097911502787720392015-02-01T20:49:05.633+11:002015-02-01T20:49:05.633+11:00I embarked on a Booker pilgrimage in 1999, it'...I embarked on a Booker pilgrimage in 1999, it's been sadly neglected for some years now. Perhaps when I finish my 1001 I'll get back to it. I do often find Irish books too dreadfully depressing. Louisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13187730620736345378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-50185900211541099232015-02-01T18:06:09.013+11:002015-02-01T18:06:09.013+11:00Great review!Great review!shelleyrae @ book'd outhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03888977858862922561noreply@blogger.com