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At the start of Greeley's spirited 12th Nuala Anne McGrail novel (after 2008's Irish Tiger), his feisty heroine delivers a black belt kick to the unlikable new principal's stomach in a schoolyard brawl involving all four of her children. Solving the bullying problem at St. Joe's isn't the only challenge facing Irish-born Nuala and her adoring husband, Dermot Michael Coyne. They must also figure out who beat and threw Finnbar Burke, the "nice fella" with whom their shy, golden-haired nanny has fallen in love, into the Chicago River. Interspersed with the present-day action is the poignant story of an Irish girl who came to America after all her immediate family died in the famine of 1875. While some readers may feel Greeley dwells too much on Nuala and Dermot's joyous sex life and overdoes the Irish dialect, few can resist the charm of these colorful, warm characters and the author's sympathetic view of the Irish of Chicago. (Feb.)
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Posted February 13, 2010
nuala anne is at her best. she and dermot always get to the nitty gritty of the subject and solve the both mysteries. at the same time they show compassion.
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Was this review helpful? Yes NoThank you for your feedback. Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.As in all of Father Andrew Greeley's Nuala Ann McGrail novels, this one is funny, heartwarming, insightful, and romantic. He's in top form with this one, while Nuala Ann is trying to solve some evil going on in the 21st century she's also uncovering an memoir of a late 19th and early 20th century immigrant from Ireland, a young lady adopted by a Chicago family who becomes a Doctor.
There is no better storyteller than Father Greeley, his accounts of this rare Chicago family who's characters are so warm and loving and devoted to one another are top notch. And it doesn't hurt that this Chicago Irishman adds just a touch of fey to this wonderful piece of fiction. His dialogue along with his tale is what really sets this book apart from others in it's genre, he adds just enough of the West of Ireland dialect to keep it off the beaten path. His outlook on married physical love and the roles in the family must make him an excellent marriage/family counselor in his every day vocation as a parish priest.
I think any lover of great fiction would love this novel.
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Posted March 30, 2010
I loved this book. I enjoyed the story within the story as much as I did of the fey Nuala. We all have an ancestral pass that links us with who and what we are today. Love nutures love thru the passages of time, unfortunately hate does the same. The hate must end, and does given enough time. I always see my Catholic Faith in the way Fr. Greeley intends, its the Faith not necessarily those that govern it that make us all Children of God.
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Posted May 16, 2009
As usual Greeley has written a great book. Both his Nuala Anne books & His Father Blackie books end with you can't wait till his next one. Too bad that he only writes about one a year in both series
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never fail to be entertaining. I always look to the next one in the
series. Long live the Irish witch and her family!!!!!
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Posted April 13, 2009
Once again I am delighted with Andrew Greeley's Nuala tales. Wonderful book that I found very hard to put down. I read this book in 2 sittings! Can't wait for another installment...........
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Overview
Countless readers have been delighted by Father Andrew M. Greeley’s bestselling tales of Nuala Anne McGrail, a fey, Irish-speaking woman blessed with the gift of second sight, and her husband and accomplice, Dermot Michael Coyne.
In Irish Tweed, Nuala Anne and her daughter have taken up karate to fight off schoolyard bullies who are harassing the family, while their incredibly shy nanny, Julie, is courted by a new fellow. Dermot pores over a memoir of a famine refugee whose family died of a mysterious fever, looking for clues into the illness' real ...