The Country Girls

Edna O'Brien is so gifted, and I admired how she could conjure place & time so beautifully. The story is pretty sad overall, but that is her point about women in mid- to late- century Ireland. The patriarchy was (is?) powerful and relentless. I read this for my book club, and I am grateful to have read another women-author classic. It did take some effort to read. I think I liked her “Red Chairs” book a bit better.