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Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
This triumphant story of four generations of women and the fierce devotion that binds them together follows the Aylward women of Nenagh, County Tipperary, Ireland, whose lives are touched by betrayal and loyalty, isolation and togetherness, and transgression, forgiveness, desire and love.
Author
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Three far-flung sisters come home to Martha's Vineyard one last time. Their mother's beach house is the only place any of them ever found true happiness and they need to begin the difficult process of letting go. Memories of their grandmother, mother, and their Irish father, who sailed away the year Dar turned twelve, rise up and expose the fine cracks in their family myth--especially when a cache of old letters reveals enough truth to send them back...
Author
Language
English
Description
New York Times bestselling author Belva Plain beguiles us once again with a novel that explores the bonds that sustain families—and the lies that can shatter them forever. Sweeping through the pivotal events of twentieth-century America, The Sight of the Stars chronicles four generations of one remarkable family as they journey through years of love, loss, sacrifice, and unimaginable betrayal.
Dressed in a brand-new suit, with one hundred...
Dressed in a brand-new suit, with one hundred...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
403 pages : genealogical table ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
A multigenerational tale about the passionate loves and losses of women in a family of firefighters traces their experiences spanning from famine-era Ireland to Brooklyn a decade after the September 11 attacks.
6) Sandcastles
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Eleven years ago, Honor thought she had the perfect home, the perfect love, the perfect life. Then her husband, John, broke her heart--and tore their little family apart. Now, John has returned to the family. What he finds is one daughter still hurting over his abandonment, another who barely remembers him, and a third who may be in more trouble than anyone knows. And then there is Honor herself--and a passion that may have been interrupted but that...
10) Charming Billy
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
A young woman, cousin to the late Billy Lynch who has just died of alcoholism, traces the story of his lost love, discovering her own father's role in trying to keep Billy from being hurt by the truth about Eva, and contemplating the effect her father's lie had on the rest of the family.
Author
Series
Nuala Anne McGrail novels volume 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
Wife, mother, lover, celebrated singer, and problem solver Nuala Anne McGrail has a tender side that she often shows to her devoted friends and family. But when those under her protection are in danger, she becomes a veritable Irish Tiger, akin to the fierce warrior women of ancient Erin. With Dermot, her loyal husband, in tow, there are few mysteries she can't untangle.
The couple will need all their resources when they come to the aid of two
Author
Series
Daughters of Boston novels volume 1
Publisher
Revell
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
477 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
14) A passion denied
Author
Series
Daughters of Boston novels volume 3
Publisher
Revell
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
475 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Has Elizabeth fallen in love with a man who cannot love her back? She suddenly wants more from the man who has been her friend since childhood. Will his shocking secrets push her away-- or will God's love help them find redemption?
15) September song
Author
Series
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
2001.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
317 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Dey St
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 269 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
The stand-up comedian and host of "Red Eye" presents a nostalgic memoir of his childhood in 1970s America, describing how his family's traditional Irish-Catholic values shaped his worldview and can offer practical disciplinary approaches to today's parents.
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (494 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Joseph Armagh is a poor Irish immigrant who is determined to create a better life for his family. He arrives in America in the mid-19th century. Through personal struggle, heartache and perseverance, he becomes one the the wealthest and most powerful men in the country.
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