Jesus Mary and Joseph Michael Duffy Has Arisen edition by Maggie Harryman Literature Fiction eBooks
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This short story, set in 1950s Ireland, is a delightful coming of age tale about a young boy struggling with the overwhelming anger and grief of losing his adored father.
A lot has gone wrong for young Frankie O’Connor in the year since his father died. His sister has run off to America, his mother has been forced to work for mean-spirited Michael Duffy, and Frankie’s golden singing voice has suffered the ravages of puberty, threatening to derail his dreams of someday following his idol, Frank Sinatra, to singing stardom in America.
But when Frankie is convinced he has cursed a man and sent him to an early grave, the young lad’s dreams of fame and fortune take a back seat to his gripping fear of the eternal damnation that awaits unless he can find a way to make things right.
Jesus Mary and Joseph Michael Duffy Has Arisen edition by Maggie Harryman Literature Fiction eBooks
This is quite a good little short story, presumably a tribute to the Irish short story writer Frank O'Connor. It's well worth a read for the story itself, although there are a few inaccuracies and Americanisms for Ireland, especially in the 50s. For example, there would have been no cadillacs in Ireland then and I'd be amazed to see one now. In the Ireland of that time 'dumb' meant unable to speak, the American meaning only coming into usage following lots of movies and TV. Candy would be sweets, sweaters would be jumpers and the word 'Mum' was always regarded as belonging to England - it has really only taken hold here lately in a few areas (apart from the North). And the road to the Curragh is in Kildare and not in the West where Roscommon is.Having said all that, the speech rhythms ring true, which for me is really the main thing in a story. I would advise the writer to run any future projects set in Ireland by a pair of native Irish eyes and look forward to reading more of her work.
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Jesus Mary and Joseph Michael Duffy Has Arisen edition by Maggie Harryman Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
I had expected a regular length novel. I was extremely surprised when it ended where the first chapter would have.
A gift to take a family story sketchily told and fill in carefully crafted details on what might have been. Somehow, I think she could tell this story again with totally different details and I would be just as enthralled
This is quite a good little short story, presumably a tribute to the Irish short story writer Frank O'Connor. It's well worth a read for the story itself, although there are a few inaccuracies and Americanisms for Ireland, especially in the 50s. For example, there would have been no cadillacs in Ireland then and I'd be amazed to see one now. In the Ireland of that time 'dumb' meant unable to speak, the American meaning only coming into usage following lots of movies and TV. Candy would be sweets, sweaters would be jumpers and the word 'Mum' was always regarded as belonging to England - it has really only taken hold here lately in a few areas (apart from the North). And the road to the Curragh is in Kildare and not in the West where Roscommon is.
Having said all that, the speech rhythms ring true, which for me is really the main thing in a story. I would advise the writer to run any future projects set in Ireland by a pair of native Irish eyes and look forward to reading more of her work.
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