A review by marypboa
Turning for Home by Barney Norris

4.0

Turning for Home by Barney Norris 4*- although inspired by the “Boston Tapes” (an oral history project about the Irish Troubles) this novel was more about family bonds and a grandfather’s and his granddaughter’s life stories. Although slightly disjointed in the telling, the author was superb at sympathetically handling the themes of guilt, abandonment and bereavement. The writing is fabulous and I was totally engrossed.