Set in Northern Ireland in the 's a widow escapes the clutches of the IRA and sets up home in a sleepy country village with her young wayward son "Herky" who gets up to all sorts of mischief. The story is funny in places but when the IRA terrorist catches up with the widow things do not look good/5(K). The Disenchanted Widow In the summer of a young widow is forced to flee Belfast with her son to start a new life. She finds herself in a small rural community with a mixture of interesting individuals, which she will have to interact with regardless of how she feels about them. Cross Bally Kissangel with Doc Martin and Catherine Tate, and you get the Disenchanted Widow. Christina McKenna is a mistress of dialogue - in multiple accents - that left me tearing up with laughter. The bored, oblivious, and over-sugared Herkie is every hyperkinetic boy I've ever known/5(K).
Christina McKenna. Christina McKenna is a graduate of Belfast College of Art, where she gained an honors degree in fine art, and later a postgraduate degree in English from the University of Ulster. An accomplished painter and novelist, McKenna has exhibited her art internationally and in Ireland, and taught art and English for ten years. Disenchanted Widow, Christina McKenna, Anne Flosnik, Fiction LiteratureLiterary Fiction, Fiction Literature, Brilliance Audio, The Disenchanted Widow. Unabridged Audiobook Play Sample. Play Free. With Day Free Trial. Add to Cart. Price $ Remove From Cart. I had already read "the misrememberd man", but possibly I should have read" the godforsaken daughter" first. There are some of the same characters with the story. Saying that you wouldn't have to have read any before, to enjoy the story. It's easy reading. I'm about to read "the disenchanted widow" also by Christina McKenna.
A chance meeting with young Herkie Halstone leads Lorcan into the world of the disenchanted Bessie — and into a grave danger that has pursued them both from Belfast. The Disenchanted Widow is an unforgettable peek into small-town life in Ireland’s recent past. It’s a glorious successor to McKenna’s first Tailorstown novel, The Misremembered Man. Read Full Overview. The Disenchanted Widow by Christina McKenna (Aug) Paperback on www.doorway.ru *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Disenchanted Widow by Christina McKenna (Aug) Paperback. Cross Bally Kissangel with Doc Martin and Catherine Tate, and you get the Disenchanted Widow. Christina McKenna is a mistress of dialogue - in multiple accents - that left me tearing up with laughter. The bored, oblivious, and over-sugared Herkie is every hyperkinetic boy I've ever known.
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