A review by lilybren
Country Girl: A Memoir by Edna O'Brien
4.0
re- read this two years later and i think it’s one i will keep coming back to. first time round I couldn’t put it down and read the whole trilogy in a day and it was almost the same this time bar an early flight. It really captures the claustrophobia of catholic ireland- but i love how Caithleen and Baba refuse to let it oppress them.
Men are not portrayed in a flattering light- all have a preditory streak, are helpless, oblivious idiots, abusive and cruel or all three. Probably not outside of the reality of the time.
the later books get quite dark, and i found the last one to feel out of place and a huge tone shift - The country girls is my favourite
Men are not portrayed in a flattering light- all have a preditory streak, are helpless, oblivious idiots, abusive and cruel or all three. Probably not outside of the reality of the time.
the later books get quite dark, and i found the last one to feel out of place and a huge tone shift - The country girls is my favourite