Irish Central: IrishCentral Book of the Month: “How to Build a Boat” by Elaine Feeney
IrishCentral Book of the Month: “How to Build a Boat” by Elaine Feeney
Jamie illuminates the pages of Elaine Feeney's second novel, "How to Build a Boat." Set in the author's native County Galway, the book follows this special teenager as he navigates a hostile ...
Feeney (How to Build a Boat) explores an Irish family’s trauma in this contemplative outing. On the heels of the sudden death of her mother and the rapid decline of her terminally ill father, Claire O ...
“How to Build a Boat” is the August 2023 selection for the IrishCentral Book Club. Each month, we will pick a new Irish book or a great book by an Irish author and celebrate the amazing ability of the ...
Irish novelist and poet Feeney (As You Were) delivers the touching story of a neurodivergent boy and the community that comes to his aid. In Galway, 13-year-old Jamie O’Neill dreams of building a ...
Star Tribune: A boy builds a machine to connect with his late mother in novel 'How to Build a Boat'
A boy builds a machine to connect with his late mother in novel 'How to Build a Boat'
Elaine is a feminine given name, an Old French form of the name Helen used for a character in the 15th Century Arthurian romance Le Morte d’Arthur by Thomas Malory.
The name Elaine is a girl's name of French, Scottish origin meaning "bright, shining light".
From an Old French form of Helen. It appears in Arthurian legend; in Thomas Malory's 15th-century compilation Le Morte d'Arthur Elaine was the daughter of Pelles, the lover of Lancelot, and the mother of Galahad.