The Pub across the Pond, Mary Carter
The Pub across the Pond, Mary Carter
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The Pub across the Pond

Author: Mary Carter

Narrator: Kirsten Potter

Unabridged: 12 hr 13 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/27/2011

Categories: Fiction

Synopsis

Sometimes leaving home is the only way to find where you truly belong. Carlene Rivers is many things. Dutiful, reliable, kind. Lucky? Not so much. At thirty, shes living a stifling existence in Cleveland, Ohio. Then one day, Carlene buys a raffle ticket. The prize: a pub on the west coast of Ireland. Carlene is stunned when she wins. Everyone else is stunned when she actually goes. As soon as she arrives in Ballybeog, Carlene is smitten, not just by the towns beguiling mix of ancient and modern but by the welcome she receives. In this small town near Galway Bay, strife is no stranger, strangers are family, and no one is ever too busy for a cup of tea or a pint. And though her new job presents challengesfrom a meddling neighbor to the pubs colorful regularsthere are compensations galore. Like the freedom to sing, joke, and tell stories and, in doing so, find her own voice. And in her flirtation with Ronan McBride, the pubs charming, reckless former owner, she just may find the freedom to follow where impulse leads and trust her heartand her luckfor the very first time.

About Mary Carter

Mary Carter is the author of many novels, including Three Months in Florence, The Things I Do for You, My Sister's Voice, and Sunnyside Blues. Her work also appears in the New York Times bestselling anthologies No Place Like Home and Holiday Magic. Mary is currently living, writing, and teaching in Wilmington, North Carolina.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Karen on November 28, 2011

I LOVE this book! I am not in a position to travel at present, not even in the continental USA. But I've longed to visit Ireland and it's culture for as long as I can remember. Reading this book is as close as I'm going to get to that wish. For a while, anyway! I feel like it did take me there, with......more

Goodreads review by Stu on March 17, 2013

I liked this book. I had a real Irish list to the dialogue and a good feel to the Irish culture.......more

Goodreads review by Samantha on February 23, 2012

The Pub Across the Pub by Mary Carter follows Carlene Rivers, a reliable young woman living in Cleveland, Ohio. Her mother passed away at a young age, and Carlene helps watch over her father – who is living with an obsessive-compulsive disorder. Carlene is someone definitely in need of a break, and......more

Goodreads review by Kathleen on October 31, 2011

The Pub Across the Pond by Mary Carter is a great fun read. Carlene Rivers has become disillusioned in her life. Her mother died when she was young and her father as a result of this has an obsessive compulsive disorder. Because of this she manages her father's gym because he is unable to do this fo......more

Goodreads review by Stacey on November 09, 2011

When Carlene Rivers enters a raffle, she never expected to win, but to her great surprise she did! The prize, a little pub in Ireland. Everyone is shocked and surprised when she actually moves to Ireland to claim her winnings. Carlene soon discovers that Ireland is more than shamrocks and Guinness.......more

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