Gone the Rainbow, Gone the Dove

by Joan Bagnel

Book Overview

Book by Joan bagnel This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671787934
• ISBN13: 9780671787936
• Release Date: March 1975
• Publisher: Pocket Books
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.

Customer Reviews

The most heartbreaking book I have ever read

This book is both funny and sad and perfectly depicts Ireland's struggle against the British.It is full of surprising twists, and the author covers old themes with a refreshing skill. I am personally not moved by books or movies but this one got to me!! I read it five years ago and it is unforgettable.Highly recommended...

I loved this book!

I read Gone the Rainbow, Gone the Dove when I was in college in the early 70's. It was a beautiful, heart-wrenching and realistic tale of 2 brothers who were on opposite sides of the Irish conflict. They loved and were loved by the same woman. It was not the standard melodramatic romance novel but a historic fiction that so enthralled me I could not put it down. I foolishly leant it to my sister-in-law who proceeded to lose it. Not wanting to alienate my husband's family, I did not strangle her. But I have since been looking for this book so I can let my daughter read it. If anyone knows where I can find a copy, I would greatly appreciate it! msjandonn@aol.com

Out of print but not forgotten !

I am of Irish decent on my mother's side and as my maternal grandparents were the two most wonderful people in my life as I was growing up I have always had a fascination with all things Irish ! This book was recommended to me by a co-worker who had always cherished it as one of her favourites . I read like a fiend and heartily accepted the offer to read her cherished old copy .This book was originally published in 1973 and according to the front cover was made into a movie that I would love to see if it exists on video ! The story which chronicles the coming-of-age of a group of Irish youngsters is so poignant and heart-wrenchingly realistic that I was hard-pressed to leave it alone for a moment once I started reading . I will not give the story away but as a person who normally reads more hard-boiled story lines and isn't normally prone to being affected by "romantic" dramatisations I found myself sighing heavily at times and being quite emotional . It is an incredibly well-told story that has plenty of action and romance and manages to convey the full spectrum of the human experience from joy to heart-break without any of the crude profanity or cheap thrills prevelent in todays literature . In short this is indeed a classic and is well worth hunting down !