Mother Love, written by Susan Colleen Browne, is a romantic
Irish story set in the colorful Village of Ballydara. She vividly portrays a
written slice of contemporary life in Ireland with its pubs, puddings, pals and mams. Hers is
a story of love, growth, and healing. It has just the right amount of chaos and
family conflict, along with a good dose of Irish humor, to make it
a fun and entertaining read.
Grainne knows exactly what her perfect man is like, down to each
little detail—the problem is her perfect man is getting married just as this
book, and Grainne’s story, have begun.
Grainne sadly acknowledges and grimly accepts the fact that her perfect man is
about to become permanently unavailable. However, her biological clock is
ticking and, on the eve of her 30th birthday, she is anything but reasonable.
A complex and realistic protagonist, Grainne is plagued by her own
family conflicts. Grainne’s relationship with her mam is strained to say the least. Having
grown up feeling that she was less important than her sisters, Grainne does her
best to avoid visiting her family home more than she deems necessary. She can’t
even be in the same room as her mam without making the entire situation
uncomfortable for everyone around. Yet for a young woman who avoids her mother,
Grainne spends more time wishing for her mam’s acceptance and attention
than not.
Despite her
tumultuous family life, Grainne is a devoted and doting nanny to three
rambunctious kids whose own mother is too busy running a newspaper to pay them
much attention. She finds happiness in her work as she dotes on the kids, but
her wanting her own family cannot be ignored.
Grainne’s mam is keen to turn her home into a
B and B and Grainne’s sister has guilted our protagonist into helping out with
the venture. Grainne grudgingly helps out, thinking this may be a good way for
her to get to spend some time with Rafe—the one that got away. Grainne and
Rafe’s story seems destined to end before it ever begins, but sometimes you
never know what life has in store.
Rafe isn’t
the only man in Grainne’s life. She’s also got good-guy Joe, a nice man with a
decent job and only minor flaws and he has his eyes set on Grainne. And with
all the family drama and emotional stress it’s a good thing Grainne has
Justine—her best friend and flatmate—who spends her free time cooking and baking
delicious food along with obsessing with the blog “Girl Talk.”
Grainne must navigate her way through this crazy and tumultuous
life if she is to find happiness. Mother
Love is a novel that
lives up to the lore of Irish tales. If you like an entertaining light romance
that is full of Irish humor and family fun, Browne’s story telling will not
disappoint.
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