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Title: The Country Girls Trilogy
Review: The Country Girls Trilogy is an interesting take on Irish sociology. As a woman of Irish descent, I could relate to the stultifying atmosphere of the Catholic church which both controls by guilt and conformity. The nuns at the convent exemplify this, as well as the visit from Caithleen's father and priest after her escape to her lover's home.The second and third parts of the trilogy continue with Caithleen's eventual marriage and motherhood in the same vein. She never really becomes capable of decision making. Her melancholy persona becomes even more so, and by the end of the three books, her story becomes rather tedious. It ends, "not with a cry, but a whimper."All in all, I liked the first book of the trilogy the best; each book following became more and more laborious to read. At the end I had invested so much time that I had to finish it.
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