Monica McInerney
Paperback | Pages: 564 pages Rating: 3.78 | 3861 Users | 372 Reviews
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| Original Title: | The Faraday Girls |
| ISBN: | 0345490231 (ISBN13: 9780345490230) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Literary Awards: | Australian Book Industry Award (ABIA) for General Fiction (2008) |
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As a child, Maggie Faraday grew up in a lively, unconventional household with her young mother, four very different aunts and her eccentric grandfather. With her mother often away, her aunts took turns to look after her - until, just weeks before Maggie's sixth birthday, a shocking event changed everything.Twenty years on, Maggie is living alone in New York City when a surprise visit from her grandfather brings a revelation and a proposition to reunite the family. As the Faradays gather in Ireland, Maggie begins to realize that the women she thought she knew so intimately all have something to hide .
Details Containing Books The Faraday Girls
| Title | : | The Faraday Girls |
| Author | : | Monica McInerney |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 564 pages |
| Published | : | August 28th 2007 by Ballantine Books (first published 2007) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Womens Fiction. Chick Lit. Cultural. Australia. Family |
Rating Containing Books The Faraday Girls
Ratings: 3.78 From 3861 Users | 372 ReviewsCriticism Containing Books The Faraday Girls
I think it is unfair to Monica McInerney to call her books "chicklit", but I also think that is where they best sit in terms of finding a 'label'.I confess... I like chicklit. I particularly like it because it doesn't demand too much of my over-worked and over-full brain. But sometimes, there are books like this one. It is not entirely "undemanding". It is a complex story and at over 600 pages, it's not a "passing" read. Once I got started, though, I gobbled up the story. As the title suggests,OMG! Waaaaay too long and boring! After Part 1, I no longer cared about the characters. Don't know why I stuck with it and finished it. The secrets that came out were really not secret and entirely predictable. The writing was uninspired. I feel like I wasted 4 days reading it.NOT recommended!
Thoughtful, hopeful, gentle.
Its a warm and beautiful book. You find yourself rooting for all of them but also getting angry at them, as we tend to do with family :).
The Faraday Girls is a compelling story, but it is set apart because it has something that little bit different. I quite like Irish novels but usually they can bore me with their predictable stories and usual scandal. The Faraday Girls structure and base is so different that it goes off in all different directions keeping you on your toes. It is centrally based on Maggie the niece of 4 besotted aunts and of course her mother. Each character has a story we come back to through the course of the
grabbed this one from my sister in law when I was in desperate need of something light and mindless. It's perfect :).UPDATE 3/14OK so I totally misjudged this book. My tail is between my legs. I went in expecting a Maeve Binchy lightweight book. Don't get me wrong - I love Maeve Binchy when I'm in the mood. This book turned out to be just a tad bit weightier than Circle of Friends. It explored the hold families have on one another. Sisters in particular. And fathers. And mothers. OK families in
Yes. Good summer trading from one of my favorite authors
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