Country Girl by Edna O'Brien

Country Girl

Edna O'Brien

368 pages first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction memoir reflective slow-paced
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When Edna O'Brien's first novel, The Country Girls, was published in 1960, it so scandalized the O'Briens' local parish that the book was burned by its priest. O'Brien was undeterred and has since created a body of work that bears comparison with ...

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Moods

emotional 85%
dark 57%
reflective 57%
sad 57%
challenging 14%
funny 14%
hopeful 14%
informative 14%
lighthearted 14%
mysterious 14%
tense 14%

Pace

slow 50%
medium 37%
fast 12%

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3.5

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