IRISH WORLD

….subtle…

….Bridget Whelan chose the vibrant London-Irish
community during the 60s as the backdrop to her
first novel...  A moving, humourous and subtle book
whose central theme is the forbidden love between
struggling widow and single mother Cathleen and
a young priest...

MIRIAM STOPPARD Daily Mirror Columnist

…unputdownable…

“Bridget Whelan writes in the great Irish tradition of
storytelling.  A Good Confession is an unputdownable,
compelling love story about the conflict between
passion and duty”

BOOKLIST USA

...richly textured …

Fans of heartwarming romances will enjoy Whelan’s
tragic love story set in 1960s England and Ireland...
Whelan has created a richly textured plot with pathos,
humor and charm, flawed but likable characters, and
an ending that, though not exactly happy, is at least
satisfying. An excellent read for romance fans.

Readers' comments

I am hooked! It really is "unputdownable", the
cover doesn't lie. In fact you have me bawling
already and I am only at chapter 7...
Anja London

At first I thought it was going to be a simple story.But,
WOW, the tension really did build up. What was also
fantastic was that you caught life in rural Ireland and
the Irish community in London so accurately.  My four
grandparents all came from West Cork which is next
door to Kerry so my memory of my holidays there was
very similar to what you described.
Lanna Foley London

… a real page turner, with complex characters I cared
about from page one right through to your cracking
ending.  I loved the descriptions of the small things that
made a hard life beautiful - flowers, sweeties, songs -
and learned a lot about the role of the church, school, the construction trade, and women's work in the London Irish community. 
Naomi Brighton

just love it.  The characters, the setting - all so clear
and vibrant.  all down to your beautiful, flowing, easy to
read and highly descriptive text
Sue Wallis Norfolk

I loved all the people and the places and I felt I was there watching it all happen around me.
Cathy O’ Sullivan Chicago

Really enjoyed it - some lovely touches like the lion's head
door knocker, and Father Jerry's first experience of nylon stockings......
SB Surrey

For us second generation Irish, the summer holidays episodes
are very evocative: the ferry crossings and freedom and dangers
of the countryside. So to us, like the Brogan girls, Ireland
was farms, people giving us money and sweets all the time no wonder we were so fiercely Irish when we got back to England.
Michael London