{"id":1936,"date":"2016-08-11T20:16:28","date_gmt":"2016-08-11T14:46:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fableandi.com\/?p=1936"},"modified":"2020-02-27T16:04:18","modified_gmt":"2020-02-27T10:34:18","slug":"book-review-green-road-anne-enright","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebooksatchel.com\/book-review-green-road-anne-enright\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review : The Green Road by Anne Enright"},"content":{"rendered":"
Set in a small town on Ireland’s Atlantic coast, The Green Road<\/em>\u00a0is a tale of family bonds and relationships. Told in two parts, \u2018Leaving\u2019 and \u2018Coming Home\u2019, this novel is a slow tale of a family spanning over thirty years.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I bought this book after seeing the stunning cover. Previously I had seen the grim grey cover and was not that impressed. When I saw this cover I felt it\u00a0sums up childhood, family, sibling love \u2013 everything that would attract me to read a family story.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Green Road<\/em>\u00a0tells the story of Rosaleen and her children. As they grow up, Rosaleen’s four children leave the west of Ireland and end up in vastly different kind of lifestyles. Constance is overweight, has health problems and a marriage to deal with; Hannah, the pretty one, is now an alcoholic; Emmet tries to makes the lives of those in developing countries better while his own personal life is in shambles and Dan, who wanted to be a priest as a child ends up in New York, marries his childhood sweetheart, later gets entangled in a string of affairs with other men.<\/p>\n <\/p>\nReview<\/h3>\n