The Big Wind: A Novel of Ireland

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Summary: Is this for real?
Review: characters well developed--storyline is educational as well as romantic. i liked it very much and i read it over a year ago.

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Summary: Solid reading- great background info
Review: Historical novel set in the 1800s in Ireland. Tells the story of an aristocratic family and their rise and fall along with the fortunes of Ireland as conditions political, economic and meteorological combine and lead to the great potatoe famine that changed Ireland and spurred so much change in the 1840s.
Well written with some gothic and romantic elements in the telling along with some mystical qualities- all of the elements of any good Irish tale!

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Summary: A good long summer read
Review: I read this book about 20 years ago after my grandmother brought it home from Ireland. As a teenager the images of Ireland struck me as beautiful and heartbreaking at the same time. I also gave me a wonderful opportunity to talk with my grandmother (an early 1900s Irish immigrant) about her memories of Ireland. I had no idea the book was still in print until I was searching to give it to a friend. I still love the story 20 years later!

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Summary: blow by blow is still boring
Review: I tried to get through this novel twice. My Uncle gave it to me after buying it in Ireland. I couldn't even get past the "War And Peace" style writing and eventually had to give up. I never did find out about my family.

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Summary: A good long summer read
Review: I tried to get through this novel twice. My Uncle gave it to me after buying it in Ireland. I couldn't even get past the "War And Peace" style writing and eventually had to give up. I never did find out about my family.