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SINGING BIRD BY ROISIN MCAULEY





Title : Singing Bird Author : Roisin McAuley Rating :

ISBN : 0755308530 ISBN-10 : 9780755308538 Language : English Format Type :
Paperback Number of Pages : 320 Publication : First published January 1, 2004

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Twenty-seven years after she adopted a baby girl in Ireland, Lena Molloy
receives a call from the nun who set up the adoption. Lena is intrigued and
worried by the call. With her best friend, Alma, she travels to the west end of
Ireland on a secret mission to trace the birth parents of her daughter.





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 * Wilma
   
   
   Feelgood roman...eenvoudig geschreven, het verhaal kabbelt rustig door. Het
   boek is makkelijk weg te leggen en weer op te pakken. Als tussendoortje een
   aanrader!
   
   
 * Gabrielle
   
   
   A story centred around adoption, with a bit of history and Irish culture. I
   found the main characters determination quite annoying but overall a good
   storyline with a good twist at the end.
   
   
 * Rebecca gubbels
   
   
   Ik heb dit boek al een tijdje in me kast en dacht het word tijd om er in te
   beginnen. Maar ik kwam er maar niet in. Ik vond het begin nogal saai. En ja
   als een boek niet leuk is stop ik er mee er zijn genoeg andere boeken die je
   wel aanspreken.
   
   
 * Melissa
   
   
   I heard about this book from Bas Bleu, one of the best book catalogs around.
   It's the story of a mother searching for the truth behind her adopted
   daughter's birth. I could not put this book down--I read it in two days, and
   I never read books that quickly, especially in the middle of the week. It
   beautifully pulls you along, and you meet all kinds of interesting
   people--women who have had to give their babies up, but continue to search
   for them. Highly recommended.
   
   
 * Amanda
   
   
   I really liked this novel. It's a search for identity, and how the past
   shapes the person you become. The protagonist, Lena, is searching for her
   adopted daughter's birth parents in a vicarious sort of way; she herself was
   adopted, but left her search too late and never found her parents. While she
   has the sort of luck in her search that you can only find in fiction, as well
   as a very interesting but extraordinarily unlikely plot twist at the end, I
   liked the story despite its slightly unbelievable bits.
   
   
 * Jenna
   
   
   Didn’t see the ending coming
   
   This was a decent read and kept my attention. I liked the main character and
   her friend. Her husband was kind of on the periphery most of the time, and
   this added to the plot in retrospect. I spent evenings late into the night
   reading, so I’m guessing that that means it held my attention. I like the
   descriptions of the UK, the food, and it’s different way of life. Overall
   plot was interesting, and the ending caught me completely offguard.
   
   
 * Nicole
   
   
   This was a quick read for me. I enjoyed the writting and the story.
   It is a bout a Mother (Lena) who goes back to Ireland, to find out who the
   real birth parents are from her adopted daughter.
   
   Perfect book to read in the summer.
   
   
 * Marjanneke
   
   
   Leuk boek om tussendoor te lezen, een verhaal waar je niet al te veel bij na
   hoeft te denken en ook enige spanning in zich heeft.
   
   
 * Bonnie
   
   
   Twenty-seven years after she adopted her baby daughter in Ireland, Lena
   Malloy has a telephone call from Sister Monica , the nun who set up the
   adoption. She claimed that she wanted to tie up loose ends before she
   retired., but Lena feels anxious and frightened and is tempted to probe
   deeper into the meaning of the conversation. Lena travels to the west of
   Ireland with her best friend, Alma, against her husband's wishes. They have
   recently purchased a new house and Lena has packed up everything and wants to
   find out more about the nun's call. She secretly wants to trace the birth
   parents of her daughter who is an up-and-coming star in the world of opera.
   Joseph's ;home for unwed mothers has become an old people's home. Sister
   Monica is dismissive and unforthcoming and pricks Lena's interests even more
   as she feels there is something the nun is holding back. A chance meeting
   sends Lena on a journey through Ireland and into the past, taking her through
   many twists and turns to an outcome she could never have anticipated. The
   novel is filled with emotional complexity, psychological suspense, and Irish
   charm. There are secrets that could bring either separation or more
   closeness. The novel is a the story about deeply rooted secrets that have the
   potential to destroy a family or bring the family closer. A great read by a
   new novelist.
   
   
   
 * Tjode
   
   
   A Free-Friday Nook selection -- Lena Molloy and her husband (from England)
   were in Ireland for a wedding. A nun approaches the couple about a baby
   needing a home. Lena and her husband jump at the chance to adopt little Mary.
   Now 26 years later, the nun calls out of the blue asking about Mary. The nun
   says that she is retiring and wants to check on the children adopted from the
   orphanage where she had worked. Mary, a singer, will be performing in Dublin
   so Mary and her friend Alma go to Ireland on a holiday. Lena, also adopted,
   regrets not being able to find her own birth parents so she is determined to
   find Mary's birth parents. Twists and turns lead to a happy-ever-after
   ending. I figured out the twists before the story's end, but it was still and
   enjoyable read.
   
   
 * Sandee
   
   
   A story of loving and belonging, with a suspense-filled plot. I really
   enjoyed this book, and finding another new-to-me author. A really great read!
   
   From Amazon:
   Twenty-seven years after she adopted her baby in Ireland, Lena Molloy
   receives a call from the nun who set up the adoption. Sister Monica claims
   that she wants merely to tie up loose ends in her old age, but Lena becomes
   frightened that something more threatening lies behind the call, and she sets
   off on a journey to Ireland, with her best friend, to find her daughter's
   birth parents.
   
   
   
   
 * Patty
   
   
   wonderful book loved the twist! never saw it coming.
   
   
 * Regina Meehan-simunek
   
   
   A good book with a cup of tea
   
   Roisin McAuley
   Singing Bird
   
   This was my first Roisin McAuley novel. One does not have to read far to
   smile at the title’s connection to the story. A beautifully written story of
   parental love with glimpses of Ireland. Singing Bird is the story of a woman,
   Lena Malloy, who was an adopted person starts searching for the parents of
   the young woman (Mary) she and her husband adopted nearly 30 years ago. Lena
   thought it was too late to find her own birth parents and had often wondered
   what they were like. She always felt an important part of her was missing.
   She didn’t want Mary to one day be disappointed not knowing, and not being
   able to find out. You can feel Lena’s emotional roll coaster. You can
   understand the concerns of her best friend - Alma. As for Donal I felt like I
   had met him numerous times in my life, a fine likable, professional Irish
   man. Donal also adds a little spark to the story.
   We are given an insight as to how difficult it was before 2015 in Ireland for
   a person to get information on who their biological parents were. Also very
   slight but a glimpse at the power once held by the nuns, and priests in
   Ireland over the communities they lived in. There were a few times I
   questioned the conclusions Lena was arriving at but let it go as Lena was
   obviously driven with a great deal of love to find out who where Mary’s
   biological parents. There were other subtle clues but I did not hear them
   until the end - when one says oh that’s why he or she said or did that. The
   stories conclusion was one that made me smile, Roisin McAuley did not
   disappoint she added another road not yet taken and I was so happily
   satisfied how she tied it all up. My favorite line is “all women are either
   women, girls or men”. I recommend this book and give it five stars.
   
   
 * Stephanie
   
   
   This is a little like PHILOMENA. Whereas PHILOMENA is a true story of an
   Irish woman giving birth in an institution run by the Magdalen Sisters in
   Ireland & a search for a lost son who was 'sold' by the nuns to an American
   couple, 'Singing Bird' is fiction.
   
   Twenty seven years after she adopted a baby girl in Ireland, Lena Molloy
   receives a call from the nun who set up the adoption. Sister Monica claims
   that she merely wants to tie up loose ends before she retires, but Lena is
   intrigued and worried by the call, and has her own loose ends to tie up. With
   her best friend, Alma, she travels to the west coast of Ireland on a secret
   mission to trace the birth parents of her daughter, now making her
   international debut as an opera singer.
   
   At first trail seems to have gone cold. Saint Joseph's home for unmarried
   mothers has become an old people's home and Sister Monica in the flesh is
   dismissive and unforthcoming. Then a chance meeting sets Lena on a journey
   through many twists and turns to an outcome which in her wildest dreams she
   could not have foreseen.
   
   
   
   
 * Karry
   
   
   This book is not a terrible read, I didn't give it a 1 star, but it has some
   flaws that just drove me crazy when we were reading it. IF, you like
   fairytales and love all things Irish, this is the book for you. It focuses on
   a married couple who adopted an Irish baby girl. They had tried and tried to
   get pregnant but what a lucky strike when a nun approaches them at a wedding
   they're attending and tells them that if they want a baby girl, she will
   provide one. So, any believers out there? I thought not. On it goes with
   twists and turns in the plot, one unbelievable turn after another and I, a
   skeptic at the best of times, call fouls after each event. It was clever how
   the author winds the whole thing up at the end. I think the more odd the
   twists, the less I liked the plot, and the more I was able to accept it as a
   fairy tale. In then end, but a fairy tale usually presents a large as life
   lesson for the reader. In this book there was no lesson learned by anyone.
   Bah Humbug.
   
   
 * loretta
   
   
   I was drawn to this book because of the title and premise. It was an
   enjoyable read but encompassed too much melodrama for me. I really would have
   given it 3 1/2 stars but option was not available. Lena Malloy is happily
   married but childless then he and her husband adopt a baby girl from a
   catholic home for unwed mothers. This occurred at a time when unwed mothers
   were ostracized. Twenty-seven years later, their daughter,Mary, is a well
   known opera singer and Lena, who is herself adopted, sets out to find Mary’s
   birth parents. At this point the novel begins its slide into melodrama and
   events occur which defy reason. The characters are likable but Lena’s
   obsessive pursuit of her daughters birth parents becomes a bit much. I knew
   long before it was revealed who the parent would be and found myself skipping
   over things to get to the end. Hmm... maybe it should be a 3.
   
   
 * Claire Belberg
   
   
   Searching for the birth parents of her adopted daughter against the advice of
   her husband, Lena Molloy and her friend Alma visit Ireland, where Mary had
   been born. One clue leads to another and, in spite of her promises to
   herself, Lena ends up with the information she sought, more than she might
   have wished for.
   
   I found Lena's obvious projection of her thwarted desires to find her own
   parents troubling. She is not very honest with herself and she doesn't become
   more so by the end. She's a woman with not enough to do to give her life a
   purpose, which makes her a meddler. But following the clues and solving the
   mystery makes it an interesting read.
   
   
 * Aamna Uzma Ajmaen
   
   
   I was punished for the sin of laziness.
   
   I ordered Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks and Amazon sent this instead. I was
   too lazy and bored too return it.
   
   Want to read about Ireland? Read something else. Watch a documentary or
   whatever.
   
   Boring. Annoying. I guess we’re supposed to feel bad when we learn that the
   main character’s husband cheated on her, but I was just so happy that it
   happened to her lmao. And oh the daughter was so annoying as well. Everyone
   character… annoying.
   
   
 * Kym Hamer
   
   
   Singing Bird is not a new story but good characters and clever plot twists
   made the overall reading experience quite enjoyable. The downside was an
   irritating protagonist (Lena) but given that I found myself absolutely hooked
   at the end - I HAD to find out who the real parents were - I give Singing
   Bird a solid 3-star rating.
   
   



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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Roisin McAuley - Roisin McAuley grew up in Northern Ireland and is a graduate
from Queen’s University, Belfast. She has been a journalist and has written
documentaries and features for BBC Radio. Roisin McAuley also writes under the
pen name
R.I. Olufsen. Roisin McAuley grew up in Northern Ireland and is a graduate from
Queen’s University, Belfast. She has been a journalist and has written
documentaries and features for BBC Radio. Roisin McAuley also writes under the
pen name
R.I. Olufsen.




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