What did you read this year?
Theresa’s
average rating for
2024
3.5
3.5
A quaint and intriguing premise for a story. Lost things represent lost dreams, lost relationships and lost doubts. I didn’t fully embrace Laura, the Keeper, but the ending knotted together all the loose threads satisfactorily.
It is the first story I have read where a character with Down Syndrome is depicted as a natural contributor to the plot.
It is the first story I have read where a character with Down Syndrome is depicted as a natural contributor to the plot.
I was looking for a book to get some flavour of Belfast in advance of a planned trip in May 2025. I was sadly disappointed.We barely make it off the grounds of the Abbey, except for a brief time in Newfoundland.
My own dear Nana was orphaned at the age of seven and lived in a convent in Belfast until she came to Canada at the age of thirteen around 1911. She was widowed at 35 with two children under five years of age. My dear Mother was born in T ...more
My own dear Nana was orphaned at the age of seven and lived in a convent in Belfast until she came to Canada at the age of thirteen around 1911. She was widowed at 35 with two children under five years of age. My dear Mother was born in T ...more