Synopsis
This is a special edition of Orna Ross's first two novels in The Irish Trilogy.
---In 1923, Dan O’Donovan, a young soldier, was lured to his death in the notorious sinking sands that surround the small Irish village of Mucknamore.
Now, in 1995, Jo Devereux has returned home to Ireland, needing to know more about this “War of The Brothers” and the secrets that haunted her childhood.
Jo’s life in California has come to a full stop and she knows that if she wants to move forward, she’s going to have to go back.
Settling down in a makeshift shed overlooking the ocean with a suitcase of old family letters and journals, Jo uncovers astonishing truths about Dan’s death. Truths about her mother and grandmother that have ricocheted across four generations and are igniting again the passionate conflicts of her youth, bringing her back into contact with Rory O’Donovan, Dan’s great-nephew.
As Jo negotiates a shifting landscape of love, loss and revenge, she begins to question everything she thought she knew about her family – and her own choices.
Praise for Orna Ross and The Irish Trilogy
“A highly ambitious, engaging and evocative novel and a hauntingly captivating read.” — Sunday Independent
“The sort of massive book you could happily curl up with for the entire winter, an impressive canvas interweaving a contemporary story of love, emigration and loss with the complex world of civil war politics, emerging women's rights and buried secrets. It explores the influence of our families on who we later become, in literary, lyrical language, while still being a captivating read.” —Irish Independent
“The writer has taken on a tough job - interweaving past and present and making them strike fire off each other... [and] has made brilliant use of original sources, including local historians in Wexford, adding the icing on the cake.” —Evening Herald
“Epic sweep...ambitious scope... an intelligent book”. — Sunday Tribune
“A riveting story...vividly brought to life.” — Emigrant Online
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Présentation de l'éditeur
This is a special edition of Orna Ross's first two novels in The Irish Trilogy.
---In 1923, Dan O’Donovan, a young soldier, was lured to his death in the notorious sinking sands that surround the small Irish village of Mucknamore.
Now, in 1995, Jo Devereux has returned home to Ireland, needing to know more about this “War of The Brothers” and the secrets that haunted her childhood.
Jo’s life in California has come to a full stop and she knows that if she wants to move forward, she’s going to have to go back.
Settling down in a makeshift shed overlooking the ocean with a suitcase of old family letters and journals, Jo uncovers astonishing truths about Dan’s death. Truths about her mother and grandmother that have ricocheted across four generations and are igniting again the passionate conflicts of her youth, bringing her back into contact with Rory O’Donovan, Dan’s great-nephew.
As Jo negotiates a shifting landscape of love, loss and revenge, she begins to question everything she thought she knew about her family – and her own choices.
Praise for Orna Ross and The Irish Trilogy
“A highly ambitious, engaging and evocative novel and a hauntingly captivating read.” — Sunday Independent
“The sort of massive book you could happily curl up with for the entire winter, an impressive canvas interweaving a contemporary story of love, emigration and loss with the complex world of civil war politics, emerging women's rights and buried secrets. It explores the influence of our families on who we later become, in literary, lyrical language, while still being a captivating read.” —Irish Independent
“The writer has taken on a tough job - interweaving past and present and making them strike fire off each other... [and] has made brilliant use of original sources, including local historians in Wexford, adding the icing on the cake.” —Evening Herald
“Epic sweep...ambitious scope... an intelligent book”. — Sunday Tribune
“A riveting story...vividly brought to life.” — Emigrant Online
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