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Picked up at the extraordinary BC meet up to meet Ghanescha, Bookvole, Cassiopaeia and Mr. Bookvole who were visiting Dublin for Bloomsday

This book was on my wishlist, after hearing Adrienne Dines speak at the London BC Convention, I so wanted to read her books. I have already read the Jigsaw Maker and had thoroughly enjoyed it, so was worried that Soft Voices Whispering wouldn't let up. I'm delighted that it did. A wonderful simply told story of a complex plot. A sweet yet slightly sad and poignant story spanning 50 odd years

Placing in the bookbox of Irish Authors for the BC2012 convention

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Releasing at the Dublin 2012 Bookcrossing Convention

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I just heard the author speak at the Dublin Convention.
I am really looking forward to reading this book :-)

I finally got around to finish this book - it took me 4 tries.

I liked it, it is a good character study and very touching, but 50-80 pages shorter would have improved it. The details of the side storys are a bit too much. Of course, it all makes sense in the end, but all the same ... :-)

I cried A LOT for Elly and Emer, I was so moved by their story. Thanks for sharing this with me.

http://www.adriennedines.com/

Adrienne Dines (Phillips) was born in Dublin and spent her childhood living in the various counties around - Carlow, Kilkenny, Kildare and eventually Meath. One of her earliest ambitions was to be a seanachai, a traditional storyteller, but the nun assured her that wasn’t possible.

When Eleanor Morrissey leaves Kildoran on a dark September night in 1930, nobody is sorry to see her go and nobody expects to see her return. As far as the villagers are concerned, the Morrisseys have been shamed out of town forever. Fifty years later, some visitors attend the funeral of the convent's Mother Superior. When the funeral is over, one woman stays behind. Until she is free to leave again, she must struggle to understand her legacy - a legacy of voices. Threatening, angry, accusing voices that only she can hear, because they are soft voices. Whispering.

I am citing LindyB28:

This novel moved me profoundly. Adrienne Dines manages to tackle extremely tough themes including rape, mental illness and the fragility of childhood with subtlety and a lightness of touch. The interweaving of the two time frames and the stories of various individuals leads to a beautiful completion. Particularly successful was the narrative of the child Eleanor: the reader is allowed precisely the same comprehension of events as Eleanor and thus our conclusions and assumptions about what is good and what is not are challenged as we see events as they happen and as they are perceived by one of the chief protagonists.