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Mimi Malloy, At Last! by Julia MacDonnell

Mimi Malloy, At Last!

by Julia MacDonnell
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  • First Published:
  • Apr 8, 2014, 288 pages
  • Paperback:
  • Mar 2015, 288 pages
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  • Roe P. (Massapequa Park, NY)
    Mimi Malloy finds herself
    This book is not the sort of book that will make you feel good...but it will show you how you can learn to live with many misfortunes that come your way. Mimi is entering senior-hood and with her large family of sisters and daughters she reflects on her past and begins to remember some of the incidents in her life that she might have liked to forget. It seems a family member has started a search about their family-tree and they get Mimi involved, much against her wishes. Mimi is a staunch and stubborn Irish woman and sometimes feels like her family is taking over her life... telling her how to live, etc. By the end of the story you will learn just how much her family really means to her. Along the way a new love interest comes along ...We are introduced to many characters, both dead and alive. You will learn about some Irish beliefs that I suspect are still called upon today. There is a family mystery involved and by the end of the story everything is resolved.
  • Barbara P. (Hixson, TN)
    Mimi Malloy, At Last
    I can't say for sure why I didn't care for this book. I think I just didn't care for Mimi's daughter who constantly was in her business. I'm sure this is how the author wanted to portray this character and she she did a good job of it. I also was looking for more of a story of Mimi and her "boyfriend".
  • Teresa R. (Evansville, IN)
    Actually, somewhere between a 3 and a 4
    I liked this book... Thought that it was well-written and held my interest. It just seemed like a mix between chick-lit and something much deeper. For me, there wasn't enough story development surrounding the Irish customs - just a few more paragraphs could have better explained the step-mother's background and Irish culture. I just couldn't make the shift for modern day problems ... Assisted living, adult bossy children to old Irish folklore and customs. It peaked my interest enough to research the customs, but I felt more explanation was needed in the book to create the segue way between the generations.
  • Linda P. (Rockport, ME)
    Mimi Malloy At Last
    Julia MacDonnell's novel was entertaining enough to finish as she writes quite well, but I found the characters to be predictable, boring, and generally unlikeable, especially Mimi's daughter Cassandra. The plot and dialogue might be better suited to a TV sit-com. The publisher labels it a coming-of-age novel, but I would have been really disappointed if I'd purchased the book expecting to read a story that focuses on the psychological and moral growth of the protagonist from youth to adulthood. I'm giving it two thumbs up for humor.

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