Tag: gothic tension

• Book Review: Saoirse by Charleen Hurtubise

  The title of this book, Saoirse, is an Irish name that means freedom. And, in this powerful novel, a US debut for this American writer living and working in Ireland for the last few decades, the main character longs for just that…freedom from her past, from her trauma, from her fears of her past catching…

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  April 28, 2026

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