Colours Other Than Blue By Anthony Glavin

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Maeve Maguire single mother of a teenage daughter works as the Senior Nurse in a Dublin Home for the Elderly Grieving over her father s recent death she begins to keep a notebook at the prompting of her sagacious counsellor Sister na who suggests she write down memories of her Boston childhood along with whatever else Reluctantly Maeve begins to bring the past to life recording memories of growing up in an apartment building on the Boston Common where her Mayo father James worked as Superintendent Gradually from her notebook entries there emerges another subterranean sorrow that of the death of her emotionally complex mother Rose thirteen years before What s Maeve also confronts a handful of other home truths regarding love single motherhood and the demanding if at times comic challenges of her nursing day job A canny captivating humorous portrayal of a Boston Irish woman s struggle to find her feet love and a quotient of tranquillity in 1980s dirty ol Dublin Colours Other Than BlueI loved this book It s a gentle read even when dealing with issues such as the Magdalene homes dementia suicide depression anxiety and all the angst that comes with those Set in 1988 Maeve recounts her often darkly funny experiences with residents of the nursing home where she works as matron along with her childhood living in Boston her experiences of living with a bi polar parent and her summers in Donegal with her uncle and aunt Struggling with depression herself she seems to emerge as a freed butterfly and the reader emerges with her I really enjoyed it 400