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Letter from America by Alistair Cooke. Home Episode Podcasts Letters by theme Letters by date. Supporting Content Discover more programmes The best of Radio 4: Letter from America by theme The best of Letter from America - from elections and presidents to movies and television. Music, movies and television in America Television, American movie stars and great jazz musicians.
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Top topics for this programme 20th-century American politicians Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients History of the United States —91 95 American male non-fiction writers 86 American memoirists Oct 15, chlorinda naish rated it it was amazing. Confusion Funny how life takes one, the mother who thinks she knows best, but has a deep secret, the daughter who feels neglected, another daughter who gives up a chance to go to America, to look after her Mother after their Father passed away, and a third daughter who wants to become a Nun, all is good in the end AND a brother that was a surprise!
Dec 18, Kate rated it really liked it. Fast, fun read a bout late 60s Ireland where most women still wear skirts full time instead of pants and they all drink the feminine champagne mix drink called Babycham. The three sisters are just breaking into adulthood and they all have adversity to overcome.
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This is my first book by G. ONeill, will she be my new Maeve Binchey?? Oct 25, Shelly N rated it liked it. This book did not have that. At least not for me. Oct 15, Lucy Martinez rated it really liked it. Eventually, the plot thickens, and becomes quite interesting! Oct 14, Kathy Laymon rated it it was amazing.
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Loved this book—the characters were all well developed and the plot unfolded beautifully—lots of pleasant surprises as well as some suspense—wish there was a sequel!!!! Oct 10, Marilyn Burrows rated it it was amazing. A secret which should have been shared a long time ago A wonderful happy family. The girls are almost grown and all is well and comfortable. Then the father of the family and his wife have a heated argument. Lovely Rainy Day Read This novel about an Irish village and a particular family living there was a wonderful read during two rainy afternoons.
I enjoyed the time period and learning about Irish customs.
I really cared about the characters. Oct 07, Laura rated it really liked it. A lovely story of a family that seems to pull together after many unfortunate events. Looking forward to reading more of Ms O'Neill's books. Sep 16, Oonagh Considine rated it liked it. Easy reading too not hard on the brain!
Oct 13, Ann Marie Curry rated it really liked it. This was a fine story The complications of family are very ripe in this story and all very interesting. Oct 14, Jean McLearen rated it it was ok. This book was too wordy, meaning descriptions of places and things were too long and unnecessary to the point of being boring. I found myself skimming through a good deal of text.
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Oct 15, Pat rated it really liked it. Ireland in the 's Written in a style similar to Mauve Binchy on story telling. Reminded me of the people on The Lilac Bus. Need to find more of this writter!! Oct 19, Deena Scintilla rated it did not like it Shelves: Incredibly slow-moving so after a few chapters of plodding along, I abandoned it. The author went into too much description on everything.
Oct 27, Michelle rated it it was amazing. Phenomenal story O'Neill pens a family story of four sisters and their life. The characters are complex but relatable. I so want a sequel to this incredible story. Oct 19, Mary Steigleder rated it it was amazing.
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Fascinating Lots of secrets, drama. Kept me reading well into the night until I finished the book. I would definitely give it 5 stars. Nov 28, Dorothy Mills rated it it was amazing. Great writing Every page was interesting. The events in the lives of each character were fully face with a bit of mystery and suspense. The series lasted for 2, broadcasts over nearly 58 years and gathered an enormous audience, being broadcast not only in Britain and in many other Commonwealth countries, but throughout the world by the BBC World Service.
On 2 March , at the age of 95, following advice from his doctors, Cooke announced his retirement from Letter from America ; he died less than a month later, on 30 March , at his home in New York City. A compilation of the programme's transcripts was published in Scripts are available to the public via Boston University http: In , the BBC made over episodes freely available online in full. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. For the song by The Proclaimers , see Letter from America song.