- Hardcover: 240 pages
- Publisher: Severn House Publishers Ltd (17 Oct 2008)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0727867202
- ISBN-13: 978-0727867209
- Product Dimensions: 22.2 x 14.9 x 2.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 532,898 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This is a captivating debut novel about forbidden love...Cathleen Brogan is a young widow, struggling to bring up her family in 1960s north London. Times are tough for the Irish immigrants who live there, their hardships comforted by the presence of their local Catholic priest, Father Jerry Brogan, Cathleen's cousin-in-law.Over time it becomes clear that Cathleen feels more for Father Jerry than perhaps she should. She hopes confession will ease her troubled mind, not realizing that she is confessing to the man she loves...When a tragedy forces Cathleen back to Ireland, she must face the truth of her feelings and accept the consequences of such a forbidden love...
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I loved this book and couldn't put it down - thorougly recommended. Bridget - please write more!
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
A good confession is certainly a good read. I found it impossible to put down. I'd recommend this as a book that appeals to a wide range of readers.
The reader is carried along by the eloquent descriptions and the sharply observed depiction of its cast of Irish characters. The narrative gathers pace and tension as Catherine and Father Jerry's growing romance becomes increasingly difficult to ignore. When Father Jerry revisits his childhood home, the dangers of non-conformity are brought into focus by the potentially violent threat posed to the newly arrived Jehovah's Witnesses living on the outskirts of the Catholic Village.
If Father Jerry, the local boy made good, is discovered to be a fallen idol, how will the local community react?
Bridget Wheelan manages to skilfully draw all these threads and tensions together, creating an unexpected, but wholly satisfying ending.
Buy this book now!
The reader is carried along by the eloquent descriptions and the sharply observed depiction of its cast of Irish characters. The narrative gathers pace and tension as Catherine and Father Jerry's growing romance becomes increasingly difficult to ignore. When Father Jerry revisits his childhood home, the dangers of non-conformity are brought into focus by the potentially violent threat posed to the newly arrived Jehovah's Witnesses living on the outskirts of the Catholic Village.
If Father Jerry, the local boy made good, is discovered to be a fallen idol, how will the local community react?
Bridget Wheelan manages to skilfully draw all these threads and tensions together, creating an unexpected, but wholly satisfying ending.
Buy this book now!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I REALLY enjoyed this book. I read a lot of fiction (very quickly) and get bored by a lot of material around today. This story was excellent and the characters really interesting and believable. The London setting is interesting too.
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Welcome escapism.
I've just finished A Good Confession and what a hugely satisfying read it was. Set in the late nineteen fifties/early sixties, the story centres around the forbidden relationship... Read more
Published 10 months ago by Sheryl S. Brown
A Wonderful Book!
This is a wonderful book about London and its Irish community. I wish Bridget Whelan would write a sequel!
Published on 24 Jan 2010 by JLG
A Great Story
I got really caught up in the emotional conflict of the relationship between the two main characters. They have a forbidden love but it can't be stopped. This is a great story. Read more
Published on 14 Sep 2009 by Sheila Martin
Page Turner
A Good Confession was a real page turner & I don't often read romances. The attention to detail of the period (1960's), together with the Irish immigrants experience, made it so... Read more
Published on 19 May 2009 by K. Andrew
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A Good Confession
Wow. I just never wanted this to end. Beautifully written and evocative of an era. Read more
Wow. I just never wanted this to end. Beautifully written and evocative of an era. Read more
Published on 23 Jan 2009 by M. J. Flannagan
Evocative and accurate
From the beginning Bridget's novel evokes a time, a place and a social phenomenon: Irish immigrants in London in the 1950s. Read more
Published on 9 Jan 2009 by Michael Martin
riveting read
This was a riveting story, unputdownable. The previous review has given some idea of the story line I will just add that there is an interesting twist at the end. Read more
Published on 12 Dec 2008 by titch
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