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Intentions
Three People . . .
Beatrice Cullen - the beautiful, career-driven Dubliner. So far she hasn't met anyone who has made her want to give up her independent lifestyle and freedom. Until she encounters . . .
Damien Doyle - the charismatic Dean of Students in a medical school in Dublin. But Damien is destined to travel to India for the summer to oversee a charity project in Mumbai. Once there, he is reunited with a former student . . .
. . . the passionate young doctor Iswara Singhanid who is determined to go against her parents' wishes for her marriage and her career.
As Damien and Iswara work together in the intense heat of Mumbai, Beatrice writes to Damien with news from home. But then tragedy strikes and all three find themselves irrevocably joined as tensions, prejudices and long-held traditions surface.
Damien finds himself torn between responsibility and love, friendship and duty.
From the leafy city parks of Dublin to the crowded streets of Mumbai, Intentions is an intricately drawn story of love and commitment and of the choices we all have to face.
Beatrice Cullen - the beautiful, career-driven Dubliner. So far she hasn't met anyone who has made her want to give up her independent lifestyle and freedom. Until she encounters . . .
Damien Doyle - the charismatic Dean of Students in a medical school in Dublin. But Damien is destined to travel to India for the summer to oversee a charity project in Mumbai. Once there, he is reunited with a former student . . .
. . . the passionate young doctor Iswara Singhanid who is determined to go against her parents' wishes for her marriage and her career.
As Damien and Iswara work together in the intense heat of Mumbai, Beatrice writes to Damien with news from home. But then tragedy strikes and all three find themselves irrevocably joined as tensions, prejudices and long-held traditions surface.
Damien finds himself torn between responsibility and love, friendship and duty.
From the leafy city parks of Dublin to the crowded streets of Mumbai, Intentions is an intricately drawn story of love and commitment and of the choices we all have to face.
418 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 3, 2012
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Muriel Bolger
15 books10 followersMuriel Bolger is an experienced travel writer and magazine editor
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October 14, 2024
It was terrible the characters were weird and unlikeable the scenarios were bat shit crazy...noooo
January 16, 2013
When Beatrice and Damien meet, Beatrice has sworn off men and Damien is about to travel to India. Not the most promising start to a romance. As Dean of Students at a Dublin medical college, Damien’s time in India is spent with a small team of people who are building a new centre for the rag-pickers of Mumbai. There, he is reacquainted with one of his ex-students, Iswara, a Hindu, who is strongly attracted to Abdul-Razzaz (AA), a Muslim.
The story combines all the fun and expected elements of chick lit with the serious themes of poverty in India, the Hindu caste system, and immigration. It is teeming with clearly defined characters. Beatrice can be annoying at times, and I’m not totally convinced by the psychology the the author uses to explain her behaviour. Iswara’s dilemma feels more genuine and therefore is more successful. There are a variety of sub-plots to intrigue and complicate the narrative. For the most part this works really well, although in the last third I do feel that we are meandering along so many paths it is difficult to work out where we are going and when we are going to finally get there.
Although I’ve never visited either place, the heat of India and the rain of Ireland feel authentic. Accents are suggested but not made stereotypical (thank goodness). The themes of loyalty, responsibility, love and friendship ring strong and true in this story. When people don’t tell the truth there are consequences, which interestingly enough is the title of Muriel Bolger’s first novel, which I’d now like to read.
The story combines all the fun and expected elements of chick lit with the serious themes of poverty in India, the Hindu caste system, and immigration. It is teeming with clearly defined characters. Beatrice can be annoying at times, and I’m not totally convinced by the psychology the the author uses to explain her behaviour. Iswara’s dilemma feels more genuine and therefore is more successful. There are a variety of sub-plots to intrigue and complicate the narrative. For the most part this works really well, although in the last third I do feel that we are meandering along so many paths it is difficult to work out where we are going and when we are going to finally get there.
Although I’ve never visited either place, the heat of India and the rain of Ireland feel authentic. Accents are suggested but not made stereotypical (thank goodness). The themes of loyalty, responsibility, love and friendship ring strong and true in this story. When people don’t tell the truth there are consequences, which interestingly enough is the title of Muriel Bolger’s first novel, which I’d now like to read.
April 21, 2013
I loved this book. Great story. Brilliant ending
February 6, 2016
Utter rubbish! I wanted to just get it finished n done!! Didn't grip me whatsoever
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