JANUARY BOOK REVIEW for BRIGID’S LIBRARY
OUR SONG, by Anna Carey (Hachette Books Ireland)
By SHELAGH BRALEY STARR
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Laura used to have big dreams, but she gave them up—because that’s what grown-ups do. Trying to turn her love of music into a career would have been absolutely ridiculous.
But when she hears one of Tadhg’s songs on the radio, she isn’t so sure.
Tadhg and Laura used to be in a band together. They used to be a lot of things. Now he’s a superstar, touring the world with his songs, reminding Laura of what might have been.
Then she gets an email that could change everything: Tadhg wants to finish a song they started writing together sixteen years ago. Making music again would literally be a dream come true, even if it’s with a person she swore she’d never speak to again. And they can keep things professional, right?
As Tadhg and Laura start working together though, sparks begin to fly. Maybe music isn’t the only thing that deserves a second chance.
Dublin writer Anna Carey has penned numerous books for children and young people, but her debut novel for adults proves that she’s more than capable of telling stories for older audiences, too. OUR SONG will particularly appeal to music fans, as it tells the story of downtrodden songwriter Laura, who grudgingly watches from afar as her one-time teenage bandmate and unrequited love Tadhg gradually becomes a musical superstar. When Tadhg reconnects after years of silence with a request to finish a song they had started many years earlier, Laura realizes that perhaps the past is not quite so easily buried. This is a heartwarming, funny and eminently readable novel—and one crying out for a TV or film adaptation, to boot.
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