Hungry Hill by Eileen Patricia Curran

 Book Excerpt:

"Grace Cavanaugh is intelligent, kind-and a bit of a wise-ass. Lately, though, she's also something else: completely lost and just a little crazy. Her entire world had collapsed since Valentine's Day, when her husband, Michael, died unexpectedly after a romantic dinner celebrating their devotion. With her world turned upside down, she abandons the couple's gorgeous Victorian mansion and retreats to a cramped apartment with their three dogs in tow. Living in misery, barely finding the energy to walk the dogs, Grace succumbs to her sorrow.

Just as she hits bottom, a relative she hasn't seen in years calls out of the blue. Maggie Reilly, her eighty-six-year-old great aunt who still lives in the house she was born in, has her own troubles. She desperately needs a family member to take care of her, so she reaches out to Grace, hoping the bond they shared decades ago remains strong enough to bring her great-niece back home.

Hungry Hill is a story navigating the complexities of love in its many forms and how it endures. It explores our desire to belong to each other and to live a life of connectedness. It also reminds us to keep our sense of humor no matter what life brings and to never underestimate the power of a great pair of shoes."

Title: Hungry Hill
Author: Eileen Patricia Curran
Publisher: Kinsale Press
Reviewed By: Arlena Dean
Rating: Four
Review:
"Hungry Hill" by Eileen Patricia Curran
My Opinion:

'Hungry Hill' was a good read that had me laughing out loud and tearing up with this likable, true-to-life story of what can happen when a loved one dies. As this was for the heroine of our story, Grace Cavanaugh had suffered both ways in losing her husband, Michael, and her great aunt Maggie Reilly. What will happen when her aunt asks Grace to come and take care of her due to her illness? The author gives the reader quite a read as one watches a loved one suffer and slowly pass away. The supporting characters like [Matt, Henry] were all well-developed and well defined, helping to give the reader an understanding of the emotional complexities of what it means when one has lost to love and grief as it was for Grace. This was a beautiful story of one dealing with grief and moving on. Oh, and the dogs, Ellen and Stogie, were quite a part of this story that would put a smile on your face. Grace was really something with her sassy attitude but finding comfort in helping her great-aunt was really something that presented a realness to the story.

Thank you to Net Galley and the publisher for a requested advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.