The Misremembered Man edition by Christina McKenna Literature Fiction eBooks
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The Misremembered Man is a beautifully rendered portrait of life in rural Ireland which charms and delights with its authentic characters and gentle humor. This vivid portrayal of the universal search for love brings with it a darker tale, heartbreaking in its poignancy.
The Misremembered Man edition by Christina McKenna Literature Fiction eBooks
This is a very enjoyable read - one of sharp contrasts. In fact I found myself dreading the chapters dealing with the orphanage. Thankfully the author used descriptive but not excessively graphic scenes to portray the horrors of those institutions. And she balanced it with delightful humor in the chapters about Jamie's adult life. The characters are well drawn; the best of which is Rose McFadden. I laughed out loud at some of her dialogs and learned a great new word..."And it's a terrible thing when a body is incapissitated in such a way." That one line was worth the whole book!I regret that the author didn't use more Irish idioms and that from a purely practical point of view the story is rather unbelievable. But it has a sweet, feel-good ending which is irrestible. In short, I laughed and cried - it's a good book!
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The Misremembered Man edition by Christina McKenna Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
As I read this work of fiction it came to me over and over again "this is too powerful not to be true" then at the end of the book Christina McKenna disclosed the truth behind the story.
The last of these orphanages closed in 1996. 1996? 1996! Staggering it is the importance of such a well told tale by this author. I hope everyone of those children finds her book and feels the honor and respect this story imparts.
Family secrets and institutional secrets abound in the ripping up and apart of children's souls throughout history. The Catholic Church too many times was and is the Temple of Tears.
McKenna is the female Frank McCourt, in my humble opinion. The story grabbed me. McKenna has the Irish storytelling ability to take you to the edge of a most horrible abyss in the horror done to and experienced by children then give you humorous relief to stop you from going over that edge...to keep on reading to a deeply emotional comforting end of the story.
Character and place descriptions so vivid through the Looking Glass we go to inhabit another world.
Native Americans tell us storytelling is medicine, a good story is good medicine, this book is good medicine.
Bravo to the author.
Jamie McCloone is a farmer, living on the farm in northern Ireland his adopted parents left to him. In his early forties, he longs for companionship and a family so he answers a 'Lonely Hearts' advertisement from schoolteacher Lydia Devine. She's a spinster, living and taking care of her invalid mother.
The story alternates from Jamie's time in the orphanage as a small boy where he was abused and starved to adult Jamie and Lydia's lives. The orphanage sections are very dark; the boys suffered terribly much as the girls did in the Magdalene laundries. This cruelty is offset wonderfully by the poignant and funny sections with Jamie and Lydia as adults. There were a few scenes that made me laugh out loud.
The author manages to balance the story well. Her writing is lyrical and her dialogue is masterful. Schoolteacher Lydia mentally corrects and awards points for correct grammar. Jamie and his friends are rougher, and they speak in an Irish dialect that works perfectly.
I understand this is a debut novel. It's just lovely, and I can't wait to read more from this author.
A young orphan boy somehow survives the life he was thrown into ; the never-ending toil, the cruelty of those who controlled his life. A young lady is raised in a most comfortable home and takes care of her frail mother miles away from the simple farm
where a lonely young man struggles with his life. How fate deals with these two people who would seem to have nothing in common makes a moving and interesting story which is hard to put down until the last page is turned.
The Misremembered Man (2008) is set in Ireland from the mid-1970s. Jamie McCloone was ten-and-a-half months old when he was abandoned in a shopping bag on the steps of the St. Agnes Little Sisters of Charity convent in Derry, Ireland, in 1934. From then on, he has cursed his mother, all women in general, and nuns in particular. He hates change. Jamie is now a 41-year-old farmer, living off the land, in a limestone cottage in Duntybutt, two miles from Tailorstown, which he inherited from his adoptive aunt Alice and uncle Mick. His companion is his dog Shep. Patrick and Rose McFadden live on the farm next to Jamie. They think Jamie should ‘get himself a woman’ – a wife.
Jamie is depressed; Lydia is oppressed. Do they meet? In the 1970s it is the time of letter-writing and a slow postal service. Intertwined in the theme of loneliness is the background to Jamie’s depression – the cruely of the orphanage, abuse by the nuns, and the emotional challenges in life. The author describes Jamie the child, and Jamie the man. Slow paced, uncomfortable in parts, it takes an effort to reach the end.
This was a sweet, thoughtful, beautifully written first novel by an author I expect great things from. The lead character, Jamie McCloone, was one I found myself rooting for, and identified with in a way I haven't with many characters in modern fiction--his vulnerability, his faults and foibles, all mixed with such an intense desire to please and be of use to others... There needs to be more men like this in novels today!! Add to this immensely appealing hero an extremely strong supporting cast of characters--his lovable friends Rose and Paddy, the ever-helpful Dr. Brewster, and, as a lovely feminine counterpart, the intelligent, somewhat stifled "Lily", and you have the makings for a truly addictive page-turner! One solitary note of caution If you are, or were raised in the Catholic faith, there are many graphic, disturbing images relating to Jamie's boyhood growing up as number "Eighty-six", a boy with no name in an orphanage run by a series of particularly vicious priests and nuns. These passages are not for the faint of heart--or doubtful of faith.
This is a very enjoyable read - one of sharp contrasts. In fact I found myself dreading the chapters dealing with the orphanage. Thankfully the author used descriptive but not excessively graphic scenes to portray the horrors of those institutions. And she balanced it with delightful humor in the chapters about Jamie's adult life. The characters are well drawn; the best of which is Rose McFadden. I laughed out loud at some of her dialogs and learned a great new word..."And it's a terrible thing when a body is incapissitated in such a way." That one line was worth the whole book!
I regret that the author didn't use more Irish idioms and that from a purely practical point of view the story is rather unbelievable. But it has a sweet, feel-good ending which is irrestible. In short, I laughed and cried - it's a good book!
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