Author Faith Hogan speaks to Aine Toner about small town life, women’s fiction and the wonder that are bookshops Faith Hogan If you’re looking for a read that’ll pull you into the world of family upheaval, relationship woes and an independent bookshop, ensure you pick up Faith Hogan’s latest novel. The Bookshop Ladies centres on a revelation made by Joy Blackwood’s husband. Yves tells his wife a much-hidden secret, leaving her with a painting belonging to a bookshop owner, Robyn Tessier, in Ballycove in the west of Ireland.
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