EPISODE · Jun 20, 2017 · 10 MIN
Girl on the Leeside: A Novel by Kathleen Anne Kenney
from Access Essential Full Audiobooks in Fiction, Drama · host Lon Kub
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/292832 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Girl on the Leeside: A Novel Author: Kathleen Anne Kenney Narrator: Sile Bermingham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 13 minutes Release date: June 20, 2017 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A young, aspiring poet in a quiet Irish village thinks her life of books suits her perfectly until a charismatic newcomer from America broadens her horizons. Siobhan Doyle grew up with her Uncle Kee at their family pub, the Leeside, in rural Ireland. Kee has been staunchly overprotective of Siobhan ever since her mother's death in an IRA bombing, but now that she's an adult, it's clear that in protecting her, Kee has unwittingly kept her in a state of arrested development. The pair are content to remain forever in their quiet haven, reading and discussing Irish poetry, but for both Siobhan and Kee, fate intervenes. A visiting American literary scholar awakens Siobhan to the possibility of a fulfilling life away from The Leeside. And her relationship with Kee falters after the revelation that her father is still alive. In the face of these changes, Siobhan reaches a surprising decision about her future. Lyrical and heartfelt, Kathleen Anne Kenney's Girl on the Leeside deserves a place alongside contemporary literature's best-loved coming-of-age novels.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/292832 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Girl on the Leeside: A Novel Author: Kathleen Anne Kenney Narrator: Sile Bermingham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 13 minutes Release date: June 20, 2017 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A young, aspiring poet in a quiet Irish village thinks her life of books suits her perfectly until a charismatic newcomer from America broadens her horizons. Siobhan Doyle grew up with her Uncle Kee at their family pub, the Leeside, in rural Ireland. Kee has been staunchly overprotective of Siobhan ever since her mother's death in an IRA bombing, but now that she's an adult, it's clear that in protecting her, Kee has unwittingly kept her in a state of arrested development. The pair are content to remain forever in their quiet haven, reading and discussing Irish poetry, but for both Siobhan and Kee, fate intervenes. A visiting American literary scholar awakens Siobhan to the possibility of a fulfilling life away from The Leeside. And her relationship with Kee falters after the revelation that her father is still alive. In the face of these changes, Siobhan reaches a surprising decision about her future. Lyrical and heartfelt, Kathleen Anne Kenney's Girl on the Leeside deserves a place alongside contemporary literature's best-loved coming-of-age novels.
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