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The Long Gaze Back: An Anthology of Irish Women Writers by Sinéad Gleeson
4.0
I loved this book. I read it in under a week - and for someone who doesn't read much, that's very quick!
The stories focus a lot around death/grieving, unhappy lives and coping techniques. It shows a number of characters dealing with loss or with the fact that their life is different than they had hoped. There are also a couple of fantasy-type stories, and a few comedic ones. I found it easy to pick up the book at lunch or in the evenings and pop a story in. Each were interesting and left a lasting impression. A few of them weren't entirely exciting or "page-turners", but they were still pleasant and since they were short it didn't bore or bother me.
The stories focus a lot around death/grieving, unhappy lives and coping techniques. It shows a number of characters dealing with loss or with the fact that their life is different than they had hoped. There are also a couple of fantasy-type stories, and a few comedic ones. I found it easy to pick up the book at lunch or in the evenings and pop a story in. Each were interesting and left a lasting impression. A few of them weren't entirely exciting or "page-turners", but they were still pleasant and since they were short it didn't bore or bother me.