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Snow White Turtle Doves is a contemporary love story set to the backdrop of the implications of the Iraq war. It is June 2004, and Ireland is preparing for the visit of George W Bush. Beautiful, tempestuous Isabella is struggling to hold onto Harry, while his passion for world politics pulls him away from her and into the antiwar protest movement. Sinead is a doctor whose experience of Baghdad during the first gulf war has changed her life. Moved by the letters she receives from Moussa, a surgeon in Iraq, Sinead joins the protest against the Bush visit to Shannon. But her campaign against the war quickly turns into a campaign of love for Harry. After a night of passion with Sinead, Harry fails to come home, Isabella makes her final decision and walks out on him, flying straight to New York without even saying goodbye. Will life ever be the same again?
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Juliet Bressan studied medicine at Galway University and travelled extensively during her student years, working in America and Australia. She is well known in the medical community as a satirical columnist for the award winning newspaper Medicine Weekly. As a medical journalist Juliet Bressan has contributed widely to Television and Radio broadcasting in Ireland, as well as in France, the UK and the US. She is currently a script advisor to RTE's television series The Clinic. She lives in Dublin and is married with two daughters, Molly and Jessica.
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An oustanding new novel,
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I was drawn to this book because of it's medical backround and I am delighted that I found it.This is a beautifully written,utterly absorbing novel.It is extremely literate and intelligent,but also manages to be easy to read,funny and passionate.The book is about war,love ,theatre ,sex, medicine and growing up and is set in Ireland,New York and Iraq.You can see that it would make a great film.Juliet Bressan is an outstanding new talent ,with shades of Marian Keys,Peter Carey and Hanif Kureishi but a voice that is all her own.I can't wait for her next book.
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This is a beautifully written book - insightful, thought provoking, and gripping - what I like most is the writing style - it captures you!The story is intriguing, the plot is intricate - a great read!I found it hard to put the book down at times. I personally love it when an author relates to real life, ....and this is quite political, not just romantic -I have to say, I loved both aspects! It is like a great film in a book, you just get caught up in it all.
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Unexpectedly Good,
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Although written from within a - usually fairly predictable - popular romance tradition, this book surprised me in lots of pleasant ways. The evolution of the relationships between the major characters is profoundly affected by significant world political events such as the U.S. invasion of Iraq. The fall and rise of the love affairs takes unpredictable turns. Overall, it's a really absorbing read.
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