There was a great book (or possibly series) set in old old Ireland and I remember enjoying it a lot.
Unfortunately I cannot remember the title, the names of the characters (although I have a feeling one of them might have been Cú Chulainn). I do remember the heroine had a club foot because she was born of an incestuous relationship and I believe she could use magic. I think it was a series because I think the circumstances that led to her birth happened in a previous book.
I really wish I could remember more because I’ve been Googling trying to find the book – I borrowed it from the school library and it must have been at least 15 years ago now!
Hopefully someone recognised the book from this very terrible description and can give us both the name xD
Edit: it might have been Child of Prophecy by Juliet Marillier! I just went searching through lists of books with clubfooted heroines.
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For younger readers-about 12 is Scarlett by Cathy Cassidy. She gets kicked out of five schools in two years in London with a workaholic mother and gets sent to Ireland to live with her dad and his perfect new step family he abandoned her for.
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Any book by Maeve Binchy
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**The One Hundred Lives of Lenni and Margot** by Marianne Cronin
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All things Marian Keyes. Most or all of her books feature members of the same family. They can be very funny but are frequently deeper than you think at first.
AndWhy31 on
The Children of Gods and Fighting Men by Shauna Lawless
RansomRd on
Angela’s Ashes. McCarthys Bar
IrritablePowell on
Spill Simmer Falter Wither by Sara Baume.
City of Bohane by Kevin Barry.
Skippy Dies by Paul Murray.
ETA: Milkman by Anna Burns.
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Prophet Song, by Paul Lynch
Think it’s a booker prize winner. I’m half way through it at the moment, it’s pretty good, and the pace seems to be picking up.
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Anything by Tana French, as others have said. I really liked The Likeness and Broken Harbour
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Small Things Like These – Claire Keegan
Foster – Claire Keegan
Kala – Colin Walsh
Panenka – Rónán Hession
Factory Girls – Michelle Gallen
Home Stretch – Graham Norton
The Pull of the Stars – Emma Donoghue
The Good People – Hannah Kent
Asking For It – Louise O’Neill
How Many Miles to Babylon – Jennifer Johnstone
In the Woods/The Likeness – Tana French
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Flann O’Brien’s _The Third Policeman_
_Ulysses_
Just about everything by Maeve Binchy.
Himself by Jess Kidd!
All The Bad Apples – Moira Fowley-Doyle
Anything by Tana French.
The Heart’s Invisible Furies by John Boyne.
I found this great Irish Times list a few weeks ago—a book set on each county in Ireland: https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/32-wonderful-irish-books-one-set-in-every-county-in-ireland-1.4827772
Dubliners by James Joyce
There was a great book (or possibly series) set in old old Ireland and I remember enjoying it a lot.
Unfortunately I cannot remember the title, the names of the characters (although I have a feeling one of them might have been Cú Chulainn). I do remember the heroine had a club foot because she was born of an incestuous relationship and I believe she could use magic. I think it was a series because I think the circumstances that led to her birth happened in a previous book.
I really wish I could remember more because I’ve been Googling trying to find the book – I borrowed it from the school library and it must have been at least 15 years ago now!
Hopefully someone recognised the book from this very terrible description and can give us both the name xD
Edit: it might have been Child of Prophecy by Juliet Marillier! I just went searching through lists of books with clubfooted heroines.
For younger readers-about 12 is Scarlett by Cathy Cassidy. She gets kicked out of five schools in two years in London with a workaholic mother and gets sent to Ireland to live with her dad and his perfect new step family he abandoned her for.
Any book by Maeve Binchy
**The One Hundred Lives of Lenni and Margot** by Marianne Cronin
All things Marian Keyes. Most or all of her books feature members of the same family. They can be very funny but are frequently deeper than you think at first.
The Children of Gods and Fighting Men by Shauna Lawless
Angela’s Ashes. McCarthys Bar
Spill Simmer Falter Wither by Sara Baume.
City of Bohane by Kevin Barry.
Skippy Dies by Paul Murray.
ETA: Milkman by Anna Burns.
Prophet Song, by Paul Lynch
Think it’s a booker prize winner. I’m half way through it at the moment, it’s pretty good, and the pace seems to be picking up.
Anything by Tana French, as others have said. I really liked The Likeness and Broken Harbour
The Scholar by Dervla McTiernan
Milkman by Anna Burns (this one is divisive)