A review by schnauzermum
The Country Girls Trilogy: The Country Girls; The Lonely Girl; Girls in their Married Bliss by Edna O'Brien
5.0
‘She would have liked me to be a nun, it was better than marrying.’
Denounced by the clergy and banned, the trilogy portrays the repression of women in 1950s Ireland, while highlighting the humour and resilience required to survive. The books do become progressively sadder but the humour doesn’t entirely depart from the scene. I want to read some more O’Brien.
Denounced by the clergy and banned, the trilogy portrays the repression of women in 1950s Ireland, while highlighting the humour and resilience required to survive. The books do become progressively sadder but the humour doesn’t entirely depart from the scene. I want to read some more O’Brien.