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Reviews of Hungry Hill Click on excerpts to read the full review
"As a child, Carole O'Malley Gaunt suffered a series of tragedies in life that left her well aware of the meaning of the word "survivor." In the years since, she has also come to understand the uniquely Irish ability which enabled her to 'make molehills out of mountains.'"
The Sag Harbor ExpressMarch 2009
"Carole O'Malley Gaunt's heartbreaking memoir opens a window on Springfield's Irish community"
Valley AdvocateNovember 2007
"Memoir of a survivor."
Irish Voice July 2007
"Gaunt’s poignant story is ... a family history deftly, candidly told."
Booklist Review May 2007
"the author... provides an achingly honest picture of a teenager hungrily seeking at school the approval she does not receive at home."
Kirkus ReviewsMay 2007
"Gaunt has written a poignant, heart wrenching memoir."
Publisher's WeeklyMay 2007
"a social document, a story of a family, a document on the human heart."
Daily Hampshire GazetteMay 2007
"... besides Gaunt's skillful wielding of language and narrative structure, is a sense of this Irish-Catholic teenager as a survivor who pushes back against the terrible tide of loss to seek her footing in the wider world. "
The Boston GlobeJune 2007
"Hungry Hill Takes Center Stage in Memoir"
The RepublicanJune 2007