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@jleedomackerman.bsky.social

Celebrating transformative power of literature & Alice McDermott’s novel ABSOLUTION, @penfaulkner & the Irish Ambassador Geraldine Byrne Nason hosted guests at the Ambassador’s residence in Washington DC.
#alicemcdermott #fiction #ambassadorgeraldinebyrnenason #ireland

December 6, 2024 at 12:32 PM

Carole Burns

@writercaroleburns.bsky.social

My first BlueSky post… seems right it’s about my love of other writers - name #AliceMcDermott and #ColsonWhitehead as well as the wonderful @kstansfield.bsky.social via another forum to share the love of good writing, “Read This: Books Under the Radar” by the writer Claire Fuller. Hi all!

Katherine Stansfield @kstansfield.bsky.social · Jan 20

How nice is this - Carole Burns on falling in love with my first novel THE VISITOR (pub. @parthianbooks.bsky.social), written for Claire Fuller's UNDER THE RADAR feature. Huge thanks, Carole! & Claire for running this series which is such a lovely thing.

clairefuller.co.uk/2025/01/20/d...

Discover Underrated Books by Carole Burns

Read This: Books under the Radar is a weekly post written by a guest author – often a friend of mine, someone I’ve met on my writerly travels, or an author I admire – who recommends thre…

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February 13, 2025 at 12:22 PM

Fran Hawthorne

@hawthornewriter.bsky.social

Wow, my #bookclub had such a range of opinions--from 2.5 to 5 stars! -- about "Absolution" by #AliceMcDermott. I loved the book for its portrayal of a world we rarely see, the lives of US wives in #Vietnam before the war exploded. #booksky #reading #fiction

January 22, 2026 at 2:03 AM