The book of Gaels by James Yorkston

By Emma Fitzgerald -
Thank you @Oldcastle Books and James Yorkston for being part of this tour and reviewing this book. The book of Gaels is a contempory fiction. I found this story made me smile and sad in places and it is very moving and heartfelt. It is beautiful written and is about povetly and grief. The front cover is awsome and eye catching. The story is set in the 1970 in Ireland. A very emotional read and it is out to buy now. Strongly recommend this book to read 5 stars Blurb Rural West Cork, Ireland. Two Kids, Joseph and Paul, and their struggling, poet father, Fraser, are battling grief and poverty. When a letter arrives with a summons to Dublin and the promise of publication, it offers a chink of light - the hope of rescue. But Dublin is a long, wet and hungry way from West Cork in the mid-70s, especially when they have no money - just the clothes they stand up in and an old, battered suitcase. So begins an almost anti-roadtrip of flipsides and contradictions - dreams and nightmares, promises and disappointments, generosity and meanness, unconditional love and shocking neglect.

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