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2000s: A chance meeting in a Dublin bar – A book inspired by the timeless film, It’s a Wonderful Life, Dublin
Dublin in the Rain
What you need to know before your trail
Jonathan Melton has not had the easiest of childhoods. He was abandoned by his mother and his father has committed suicide, but was happily adopted by a loving family
As a young man, through a passion for English literature, he finds love of another kind with the gorgeous Sophia. Everything is seemingly perfect as they marry and have a daughter.
But tragedy strikes. Jonathan hits rock bottom.
Afraid that his tragic past is to catch up with him, and with echoes of his father’s suicide in his ears, a chance meeting in a Dublin bar is set to change everything..
Locations
Reset- Ireland (Republic of)
- A: Dublin - Trinity College
- B: Dublin - Molly Malone Statue
- C: Dublin - The Brazen Head
- D: McDaid’s
Travel Guide
This is the booktrailer for the novel and with the music in the background, it really does paint an atmospheric picture of the Emerald Isle and the city of Dublin. The novel sees the protagonists move around several places in series of snapshots that work almost like the butterfly effect – events that will richochet across each and every decade of a man’s life.
From a broken home to a difficult time growing up, a marriage and a disaster, this is the story of a man who does not want to follow in the footsteps of the past but who can’t see a way to the future.
Booktrailer Review
Clare: @thebooktrailer
It was a real pleasure to read this for Blogival as I might never have found it otherwise or read it in the same way.
It’s not an easy read. It’s raw, very raw but brutally honest and emotional to the point where at times it’s as if John is sitting right there in front of you.
I read somewhere that it’s like the Irish It’s a Wonderful life which will give you some idea of the trials and tribulations the book deals with. This is a story of real life, of a broken family and of the resulting trauma this all has on a child.
I can’t say it was a relaxing read – very uncomfortable in places and I’m sorry but did there have to be so much sex? That all pales into comparison however when you take the book as one giant snapshot of one man’s life, his relationship with his parents and the consequences of his early traumas on his life. This book was very intimate, it felt as if I was the doctor and Jonathan was on the couch.
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