I want to live on Pine Road! I loved everything about this book, from the characters to the location and the sneaky twist at the end that I wasn't expecting!
I was instantly involved in the ladies lives and felt I was living among them.
I definitely want more of this street - I want to know what happens with Robin, Edie, Martha and the rest of the neighbours on Pine Road.

Eithne Shortall writes a wonderfully comic, full of intrigue, warmhearted novel set in Dublin with the host of characters and families that reside on the exclusive Pine Road. Its a close knit community presided over the self appointed organising force of nature that is Bernie, who rules with a rod of iron. The women are part of a WhatsApp group, the medium through which gossip and news is spread and organising is done, often with voices of enthusiasm and snark. Edie Rice is married to and loves Daniel, despite his odious family, dreaming of getting pregnant, although Daniel has recently become less than co-operative with this endeavour, sparking serious worries as she wonders what is bugging him. She is eager to belong to the neighbourhood as she goes out of her way to support Bernie and the other women on Pine Road.

Robin Dwyer has returned to her parents home with her lively 4 year old son, Jack, after leaving her small time criminal husband, Eddy, feeling guilt ridden about how she supported his endeavours. She finds herself drawn to a young, kind hearted, and good looking hipster reviewer, Cormac, but Eddy is not ready to let go of their relationship, and desperately wanting Robin to provide him with an alibi for a certain day to the police, something she is reluctant to do. Martha Rigby has just moved into Pine Road with her husband, Robert, and her daughters, Sinead and Orla. They have moved from their forever home in Limerick after traumatic events that resulted in Robert being lauded as a hero and gained him promotion at work. No-one talks about what happened, despite the seething anger and festering resentment that Martha feels towards Robert, both she and Sinead have yet to work through what they went through. We follow the rivalries, relationships, pre-Easter treasure hunts, mayhem, conflicts and the other assorted drama and affairs of Pine Road that culminates in the revelation of secrets, misunderstandings and more.

Shortall creates a gloriously diverse bunch of characters in whose lives I got totally immersed in this story with a great twist, I particularly loved the controversial creator of the occupied territories on the road, Shay Morrissey. Much of the narrative is delivered through the women communicating through their social media WhatsApp group which works really well in lending an up to date contemporary feel to the novel. The author has a real gift in portraying a neighbourhood with verve and vibrancy that is highly entertaining whilst touching on serious issues with humanity and compassion. I had so much fun reading this and recommend this highly to other readers. Many thanks to Atlantic Books for an ARC.

I’d like to thank Atlantic Books and NetGalley for giving me the opportunity to read ‘Three Little Truths’ by Eithne Shortall in exchange for my honest and unbiased review.

Martha has just moved into Pine Road with her husband Robert and two daughters. The neighbours are very interested in her as they’ve seen Robert and the girls but not Martha. Robin and her four-year-old son Jack has moved back in with her parents to get away from ex-partner Eddy. Edie wants a baby and longs to be popular. The ladies of Pine Road don’t want to miss a thing and use WhatsApp for the sole purpose of collecting and spreading gossip and rumours.

It’s obvious from reading other readers’ reviews that ‘Three Little Truths’ is a popular novel but I’m afraid I didn’t warm to the characters who were too involved with finding out their neighbours’ business. I kept waiting for something to happen and finally decided I didn’t like the characters enough to want to keep reading.

Pine Road, a middle class suburb of Dublin and all the trivia and dramas of the inhabitants. For some the inclusion in a neighbourhood WhatsApp group means they have arrived! An amusing enough read but not a page turner.

Too many characters for me sorry,I couldn't finish it. I'm unsure if it was to do with the social media connection,what's all group of it it was just me. Sorry.

Sadly, I just couldn't get involved with the characters in this book so, unusually for me, didn't finish it. Didn't like the Facebook/WhatsApp-style gossipy parts and there were too many characters with similar names, so it was hard to distinguish them from each other.

DNF at 40%.

I loved Grace After Henry and so found this book really disappointing.
It was far too slow for me, I found the mass number of characters simply too confusing, and all-in-all I didn't find the story compelling or interesting. In fact, I found the main plot line disturbing (a rape list is put up in the toilets at school... "the girl with the most amount of ticks next to her name will be raped"). Otherwise this street was quite boring, and I found that I didn't really care what happened with the characters in the end.

There are some really good reviews from people who finished the book so maybe I quit too soon, but at 40%, I felt more should have happened in the story and I should feel more interested in the outcome. Because I didn't, I was struggling to want to pick the book up at all and so DNF was the only option.

I really enjoyed this book about the occupants of pine road and all the neighbourly relations. There seemed to be a lot of drama going on for such a little road but it was really well written with lots of themes and side characters which were really well written. Thanks for a great read

This book focuses around the residents of pine road with particular emphasis on three families that become inter woven from past events.
Martha and her family move to their new house following a horrific ordeal in their previous home. Martha has been hiding a secret from Robert her husband but this will be revealed during the annual street Easter party.
Edie is desperate for a baby but Daniel has become very preoccupied and stressed. Edie thinks this is due to nerves about being a father but a very different reason is revealed.
Robin is staying with her mum and her 4 year old son after a relationship breakdown. She meets a great man but is shocked when she discovers his family.
I really loved this book, the characters interwoven. A really easy, feel good book.

Overall I found this to be an engaging and sometimes humorous look at a tight knit cul-de-sac in Dublin. Focussing predominantly on three female characters Martha, Robin and Evie it explores both their current situations and their backstories. I found Martha’s story to be most thought provoking as she has the most depth of the characters, I didn’t feel as though Robin’s story was as well explored as it could have been and Evie lacked depth as she purely seemed interested in two things which were impressing the neighbours and getting pregnant. As a book on the whole it worked and the way the stories twisted together was really well thought out. One character I couldn’t take to was Trisha the school headteacher as her character annoyed me early on as she described anorexia as a trend, it’s a serious mental illness indeed the one with the highest mortality rate so I didn’t find the flippancy appropriate. On a more positive note the poker what’s app group was fantastic, I could have read an entire book of it!

An enjoyable read, full of different characters who were all believable.
It was an easy read with plot twists that I didn’t see coming, which was clever. I wasn’t expecting it, i liked the coming and goings of the street going about their daily lives amongst the drama which made the twists even more of a surprise.

Pine Road is a normal street but among those living there are
Martha - married with two daughters but cagey about why they have moved there and is very nervous.
Robin has split from her partner and is back at home with mum and dad and her four year old son.
Edie is married but craves for a baby but her husband has other ideas.

They become friends and share secrets, lies and scandals and their lives will never be the same again.

I loved this book. Was such a nice light hearted read with a little naughtiness thrown in. Fantastic read x

The blurb reads ‘Liane Moriarty meets Maeve Binchy meets Marian Keyes.’ and yes I could relate the book to all 3 authors mentioned. Pine Road, Dublin, a middle class cul de sac where women have hilarious Whatsapp group chats, nosey neighbours abound and secrets and hearsay are rife. I loved all the personal stories, the back stories and the secrets. At first I did find it difficult to remember just who was who but once established I was hooked, eager to find out what happened next. I felt that Martha and her family's story made the biggest impact on the book but Carmel with her wit and no nonsense Irish Mammy comments also stood out for me. This book has it all - secrets, families, romance and comedy, what's not to like? Four stars from me.!
Thank you to NetGalley, the publishers and to Eithne Shortall for an advance copy in return for an honest review.

A very pleasant book about the inhabitants of a cul de sac. How they communicated through WhatsApp and the trials and tribulations of the main families. It also involved the school that several of the children attended as the Head mistress live in Pine Street too. My favourite combination of relationships and romance

I really enjoyed this entertaining book. The usual tale of three women, but told well, and interesting throughout. I felt empathy with the main characters who are likeable and realistic. The ending was unrealistic, but the rest of the book is good enough for me to overlook that and still award it 5 stars.

Nothing quite like good neighbours! Or is there? A look under the skin of life in a small street and the lives behind the closed doors.

This book had many funny moments and I am sure many could relate to the characters living in the street.

I really enjoyed this book.

I read this book over a couple of days. It is an enjoyable book and the story flowed. It has a large cast of characters , all living in a road in Dublin
The three main characters were all strong and well developed.
It was a funny insightful read and would be great to take on holiday.
I would recommend this book
Thank you to Netgalley, Atlantic books Corvus, and Eithne Shortall for letting me read this book in exchange for an honest review

I loved this book, about a new family moving into the close, finding out bits about all the neighbours – some things they’d rather keep secret, and the WhatsApp messages to-ing and fro-ing about all manner of things, from parking to the Easter Egg Treasure Hunt (totally different from an Easter Egg Hunt, you understand). It could be any street in any town, which is part of why I found it so appealing, and the characters are the same as you would meet anywhere. I highly recommend this book.

Martha,Edie and Robin all have their own problems, and live in the same road in Dublin . A really enjoyable read, sad, funny and exasperating at times. An unusual story-line which is hard to put down.