Review: Caregivers will relate
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 20, 2014
Without revealing too many details of this "short" book, this story will be a familiar one to children called upon to be caregivers.  Not all are willing to perform in this role, but those who do... even grudgingly... should be commended.  The moral of this story is that a caregiver leaves their own life behind to tend to another, oftentimes sacrificing what little joy they had.Dolores Donohue returns to her homeland of Ireland to care for her father who recently had a heart attack.  He runs a small newspaper shop set among other small stores in a business cul-de-sac.  Only three weeks into her caregiving role, Dolores is already feeling the strain of tending to her thankless father.  She longs for her friends and co-workers left behind in upstate New York.  Being home reminds her of Mom passing away when she was a child, and being sent away to boarding school afterwards.In short, the moral of this story is that caregivers need to escape every once in awhile. Ms. Greaney captures that essence very well, and paints a lovely picture of a quaint, snowy night in Ireland.