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Confessions: The Compelling Irish Family Saga with a Haunting Mystery, Perfect for Winter 2025, Uncover the Secrets Within

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"Confessions is a remarkable debut. A complex and compulsive read that unravels the intricate twists and revelations among three generations of women with elegance and urgency." —Miranda Cowley Heller, author of The Paper PalaceFor fans of The Goldfinch and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, a mesmerizing and absorbing debut that follows three generations of women from New York to rural Ireland and back again.New York City, late September 2001. The walls of the city are papered over with photos of the missing. Cora Brady’s father is there, the poster she made taped to columns and bridges. When a letter arrives from an aunt she didn’t know existed in Ireland with the offer of a new life, the name jogs a memory: an old videocassette game Cora used to play as a child where two sisters must save the students of a mysterious boarding school.County Donegal, 1974. An eclectic group of artists known as the Screamers arrives in Burtonport and moves into the old schoolhouse down the road from where Róisín lives with her older sister Máire. Alternately kind and cruel, brilliant artist Máire is a mystery to Róisín, as is Máire’s relationship with the boy next door, Michael. When the Screamers look to hire an artist in residence, Róisín enlists Michael’s help to get Máire the job, setting in motion a chain of events that will put an ocean between the sisters and threaten to tear them apart forever.Burtonport, 2018. Lyca Brady lives in a sprawling old house with her mother, Cora, and great aunt, Ro. Abortion has just been legalized in Ireland, and Lyca is struggling to find herself outside her mother’s activism. An unexpected message from a childhood friend sends Lyca searching her house’s mysterious attic, with its strange collection of old medical equipment, piles of paperwork, and dusty boxes of ancient video games. There, she unearths secrets hidden for decades—secrets perhaps better left unknown.Catherine Airey’s haunting debut spins a mesmerizing story of family and fate, survival and revelation, examining the irresistible gravity of the past—how it endures through generations, pervasively present even when buried or forgotten. Read more

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Mariner Books (January 14, 2025)


Language ‏ : ‎ English


Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 480 pages


ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0063380137


ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 34


Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.27 pounds


Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 1.33 x 9 inches


Best Sellers Rank: #49,352 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #1,258 in Family Life Fiction (Books) #1,721 in Women's Domestic Life Fiction #3,927 in Literary Fiction (Books)


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  • Lots of quibbles, but a solid read
Finished Reading Pre-Read notes So, the publisher's description of this book compares it to The Goldfinch, which is my second favorite book of all time, and one of the best books ever written. Seriously. It won a Pulitzer. So, Airey has got some big shoes to fill! Final Review "She had spent all her life trying to create her own story, exercising her free will. And it was exhausting. It was unholy. It had left her barren." (1:01:25) I have quite a few quibbles with this book, but I liked it and the last 50 pages are amazing. "It doesn’t matter how many people you know, or where you go. You’re left with yourself." p205 Reading Notes Three (or more) things I loved: 1. "I wanted to see what kind of presence its absence had created. I liked the fact that Coney Island was always changing and yet somehow felt the same." p10 Interesting insight about the places we inhabit. Who says you can't go home again? This writing is going to be sharp. It needs to be. *edit The presence of absence becomes a prevailing theme, but I don't think she makes enough of it, rather, she just repeats this syntax again and again, "presence of absence," in different contexts. 2. The main character is often introspective. I find these sections serve up remarkable writing, like this: "I hadn’t been thinking about all the things a person has to do to live in the world –the constant bills and paperwork, remembering to feed yourself. I could understand why the saints wanted to get away from it all, why a person would choose to become a nun. Submitting to an order must give a person so much space." p37 3. Repeated phrases abound. Though I'm not sure exactly what Airey was aiming for with this affect, I sort of love it. Three (or less) things I didn't love: This section isn't only for criticisms. It's merely for items that I felt something for other than "love" or some interpretation thereof. 1. The dad's alive, the dad's dead, the dad's alive, the dad's dead. Experimental timelines don't have to make sense. 2. One of this things that makes The Goldfinch so brilliant is Donna Tart's style, not just the very good story and form. Since we're comparing, Airey's style is not nearly as intuitive and beautiful as Tartt's. That being said, the story and form here are both engaging, and I can see why the comparison was made. 3. The entire section in second-person-present put me in my doldrums. *edit There's a point at which the second person naturally breaks the fourth wall, addresses the audience as though aware of them. It's quite clever. But it doesn't redeem the second person style issues. 4. It's not clear yet how these sections, all having their own timelines, connect. Because of that, the plot feels flimsy and convoluted. 5. The midpoint turn places the story solidly in romance category, which is not at all what I expected from this book. From any book comparing itself to The Goldfinch. 6. "For so long [my sister has] been between us – always there, even half the world away. We’d tried pushing her out, ignoring the presence of her absence. But that was futile." p187 The sister's lover trope. Well, color me bored as hell. 7. This is a difficult book to read, not because the style is advanced but because the pieces don't always meet up. Rating: 👤👤👤.5/5 absences Recommend? yes Finished: Jan 2 '25 Format: digital arc, NetGalley Read this book if you like: 🪶 - literary fiction 🪢 - experimental fiction 💄 - women's fiction 👩👩👦 - family stories Thank you to the author Catherine Airey, publishers Mariner Books, and NetGalley for an advance digital copy of CONFESSIONS. All views are mine. --------------- ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on January 14, 2025 by D.

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