Absolutely hated this book. Narrator was pathetic and not in an interesting way. Couldn’t even finish it, made it halfway through and had to quit. ( )

Kathleen de Burca ist bereit, bis an die Grenzen zu gehen. Die Grenzen der Liebe, die sie seit Jahren vermisst. Dabei stößt sie nicht nur auf die ebenso skandalöse wie tragische Geschichte einer Amour fou, sondern vor allem auf einen Mann, der ihre Gefühle herausfordert. Vielleicht zum letzten Mal. Ein großartiger Roman über die Schmerzen der Leidenschaft und die Unbedingtheit der Liebe.

Loved it!

L'angoscia del tempo che fugge e la morte del suo più caro amico innescano una profonda crisi nella vita di Kathleen, cinquantenne giornalista single di origine irlandese e residente a Londra. Da qui il bisogno di tornare a casa, magari con la scusa di un viaggio di lavoro, sulle tracce di uno scandalo ottocentesco. La vicenda riguarda l'adulterio di Marianne, moglie di un proprietario terriero, innamoratasi di un servitore. Ed è la passione ad affascinare Kathleen, una passione che ella stessa ha inseguito invano. Così, al viaggio reale nella propria terra, si sovrappone un viaggio interiore alla riscoperta di un passato burrascoso e alla storia personale si intreccia la storia dell'Irlanda e delle sue donne.

Irish born Kathleen De Burca has arrived at a crossroads in her life. Nearing fifty she loses her best friend and coworker to a heart attack. As a travel writer, Kathleen has lived in London for nearly thirty years and has never married or had children. Jimmy was the closest person she could call family. But, when she is presented with the lifetime achievement award she was supposed to share with her best friend she realizes there is more to life than travel miles and exotic venues. Why not go home to Ireland? Why not research a century old crime that has long fascinated her?
So begins Kathleen's story. Her past is as complicated as her future is a blank slate. Giving up everything, she lays herself bare to the tragedies of the past; remembrances of long ago transgressions; all the cringe-worthy scars of yesterday. But, as she says on page 408, "Tragedies end." And so they do. Kathleen learns to pick up the pieces and face the black slate of tomorrow with a different kind of courage than it took in order to come home.
As an aside, I felt the ending gave O'Faolain room for a sequel. Just saying.
**Molloy's reading of My Dream of You was fantastic! ** ( )