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When Irish Guys Are Smiling

by Suzanne Supplee

A study-abroad escape in Ireland

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A study-abroad escape in Ireland

Seventeen-year-old Delk Sinclair leaves a difficult home life for a study-abroad program in Ireland, hoping distance will help her cope with her mother’s loss. Her experience brings together family change and grief with the details of life abroad: castle living, Irish music and dance, Yeats, Galway’s St. Patrick’s Day celebrations, and sheep shearing. A developing romance adds another thread to Delk’s questions about whether Ireland can offer more than a temporary escape. The book’s central tension lies between the fresh start Delk seeks and the grief she carries with her.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teen readers interested in stories about grief and changing family relationships.
  • Readers curious about study-abroad experiences and Irish cultural settings.
  • Readers who enjoy young adult fiction that includes a developing romance.

Themes

Grief and lossBlended family dynamicsSeeking a fresh startStudy abroad and cultural immersionRomance

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Book overview

A young girl yearns for a fresh start and an escape from her complicated family life as she sets off for a study abroad program in Ireland.

Emerald Isle of promise . . .

For seventeen-year-old Delk Sinclair, studying abroad in Ireland means one thing: escape. Delk is tired of hearing about her friends' debutante parties, watching her pregnant stepmother redecorate her mother's house, and having to smile sweetly even though she doesn't think she'll ever get over losing her mother. Ireland is Delk's chance to be happy. With the stunning green landscape as backdrop, Delk revels in all things Irish, from living in a real Irish castle, to celebrating St. Paddy's Day in Galway, to enjoying Irish music and dance, to studying Yeats and shearing a sheep! So when Delk begins to fall for a very handsome Irishman, she wonders if there's more to the Emerald Isle than it first seemed. It is fun, to be sure, but will those smiling Irish eyes really be able to heal her broken heart forever?
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