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The thing is, the crazier the world seems to get, the more I like the feckin' hilarity. Delivered! In spades. I return to this series again and again. It makes me nuts when a lauded novel is poorly-executed (sometimes I think a book was pubished due to subject matter more than talent, or skill). O'Carroll really, really knows how to write. The antics, all perfectly believable, implausible though they may seem (that's a...
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The Mammy is simply delightful! Agnes Browne is a woman that we could all learn from. As you read The Mammy, you can invision how poor the Browne family was, but it was as if they didn't know it. They are a family as full of laughter as they are determination and strength. A woman, left widowed with 7 children, is rarely a character that would bring you to laugh aloud when reading in public. What is even more striking...
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How can you laugh at a widow with seven children? When the widow is Agnes Browne, you can! Dublin is the home for Agnes Browne and her family. The cards have fallen and Agnes has so much going against her- her husband's recent death, being a single mother to her seven children, and working long hours selling produce in her stall on Moore Street. But when Agnes finds herself at the bottom of the barrel, she shows her never...
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If I could rate this book higher than a five, I would. I have never enoyed a book as much as Agnes Brown. I highly recommend it for a good laugh and a very endearing story. I also read the rest of the books Brendon O'Carroll wrote. I bought my books and when I finished with them, loan them to my friends to read. I wish he would write more, I look forward to reading them. Excellent is the word for Brendon O'Carroll's writtings...
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