Wild Atlantic Way Anthology: Characters Along Ireland’s Majestic Coast (Volume1)
Mary Heeran White
Reviews
“A stunning set of stories that explore the human condition, some hard hitting, some comedic, but all enjoying a beautiful bond with the landscape. This is a book you’ll pick up time and again.” – Softwood Books
Wild Atlantic Way Anthology
Set along the majestic west coast, this anthology of short stories has some surprises. Like, for instance, an embittered woman who poisons her 92-year-old mother by mixing rat poison into her gravy granules. Not so much ‘aah, Bisto’ as aah, Mephisto, perhaps. Then there’s the frigid wife in a forty-years long sexless marriage having trouble with the nosy neighbour, the cops and especially with her husband’s prolonged bout of indigestion, that she prays fervently to all the saints she’s ever heard of for a cure. And you can’t have a good oul’ Irish short story anthology without including a will. Because where there’s a will there’s a family and in one story in this volume, it’s the wrong guy that gets the good land on a farm, and the son who’s toiled all his life on it who gets the rocks and bog. All stories are stamped with the dramatic western landscape in this entertaining anthology- Anne Cunningham Meath Chronicle
€10.50
John J Kennedy (verified owner) –
If Alfred Hitchcock was still around he would no doubt be interested in Mary’s book for at least one of his movies.Plenty of intrigue here with endings that brings the reader into the story. Mary has a way of blending her stories into the local scenic route, using it as the background to each story.We have music ,mythical figures, birdsong and condemned adjectives to addd flavour to her stories.
I loved this book and I look forward to reading more of her writings.
Mary Flora (verified owner) –
Wild Atlantic Way is a collection of short stories that are as raw and dramatic as the environment they are set in. The author brings to life the spectacular scenery of the west coast of Ireland and skilfully entwines the deep, underlying emotions and dark secrets of the local inhabitants. Love, murder, guilt, superstitions, revenge, religion, family issues, – it’s all here within the pages of this creative work.
A great read – fast paced, earthy and very enjoyable. A perfect companion with a cup of tea or glass of wine.