Child of my heart vs The carnival at Bray: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Teenage Girls, Bildungsromans, Fiction

Cover of Child of my heart

Child of my heart Alice McDermott · 2002 ★★★★☆ 3.6 256 pages · ≈ 4 h 44 m · Moderate Find on Amazon

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Cover of The carnival at Bray

The carnival at Bray Jessie Ann Foley · 2014 ★★★★☆ 3.9 254 pages · ≈ 4 h 42 m · Light Find on Amazon

The verdict

Readers rate The carnival at Bray higher: 3.9 vs 3.6 from 3080 votes.
The carnival at Bray is the easier read (Light), Child of my heart more demanding (Moderate).

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