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The Yellow House

It is Northern Ireland Week at A Traveler’s Library. Yesterday we heard from Kerry Dexter about a musician and his life story. Today it is a fictional look at the beginnings of the struggles that lasted a hundred years. Stayed tuned tomorrow for pictures of the Republic of Ireland (since my camera and I have not been to Northern Ireland) and on Friday a contemporary detective novel looks at Northern Ireland AFTER the Troubles.

Destination: Northern Ireland


Book: The Yellow House (February 2010) by Patricia Falvey

“The Troubles”  Such a pedestrian word for such a lengthy disruption of safe and normal life in Ireland.  The novel The Yellow House tells the story of an Irish woman born in 1888 in Northern Ireland, and her growing awareness of and involvement in politics. Continue reading The Yellow House