City Girl - Patricia Scanlan

I read a book by Patricia Scanlan a couple of months ago and I enjoyed it so much I knew that I would have to read more by this brilliant author. My mum had read City Girl and passed it on to me so I very happily set to reading it. I was a bit concerned though because this was one of the first books she had written back in 1990 and I sometimes feel that authors are like wines - they get better with age. Therefore was I likely to get the same thrill from one of her earliest publications? I can tell you that I was not in the least disappointed as this book was just as good as her most recent one - which was the one I had previously read. City Girl follows the ...  Read the complete review

Devlin, Caroline and Maggie, the main characters within this book, are three young girls growing up in the Irish city of Dublin. The girls come from very different backgrounds and have extremely varying personalities.... ....Devlin is blonde, slim and beautiful. She has always been spoilt by her rich parents and is used to getting her own way and having the perfect life. ....Caroline is overweight and very shy. After the death of her mother, she took on her parental role, looking after her father and brothers, and always putting them before herself. ....Maggie, who is slightly older than the other girls, was originally brought up ...  Read the complete review