NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the acclaimed author of Circle of Friends—"love, longing, and rich scenes of daily life.... What could be sweeter than a trip to an Irish village packed with robust native characters." —The Christian Science Monitor

When a new highway threatens to bypass the town of Rossmore and cut through Whitethorn Woods, everyone has a passionate opinion about whether...

A thirteen-year-old apprentice and his master are descended from a magical warrior race in Ireland. They must try to locate the Spear of Tuatha De Danaan, the only weapon that can destroy their goblin-like enemies, the Amadan. But young Finn MacCullen must also keep his identity a secret from his new friends, Rafe and Savannah, who come from South Africa. The twins' history may hold a key to Finn's survival.

"In this highly anticipated new novel, Irishman Jack McNulty is a "temporary gentleman"--an Irishman whose commission in the British army in World War II was never permanent. Sitting in his lodgings in Accra, Ghana, in 1957, he's writing the story of his life with desperate urgency. He cannot take one step further without examining all the extraordinary events that he has seen. A lifetime of war and world travel--as a soldier in World War II, an engineer,...

Grace McCaffery hopes that the bustling streets of New York hold all the promise that the lush hills of Ireland did not. As her efforts to earn enough money to bring her mother to America fail, she wonders if her new Brownie camera could be the answer. But a casual stroll through a beautiful New York City park turns into a hostile run-in with local gangsters, who are convinced her camera holds the first and only photos of their elusive leader.

In 1869, 27-year-old Maggie Maher begins temporary work as a maid for the wealthy Dickinson family at their Amherst, MA, home. Mr. Dickinson, a lawyer and college treasurer, deems Margaret essential and offers her higher pay but also a veiled threat to her brother-in-law's job should she leave. The eldest Dickinson, Emily, always clad in white, leaves her room only to tend to the gardens or bake gingerbread. Maggie and Emily soon form a bond, each...

"A middle-aged man and woman are the co-teachers of an Italian language class in Dublin, each hoping the class will renew their lives of disappointment"--NoveList.

"When Cathleen Harrington leaves her home in Ireland in 1919 to travel to South Africa, she knows that she does not love the man she is to marry there --her fiance Edward, whom she has not seen for five years. Isolated and estranged in a small town in the harsh Karoo desert, her only real companions are her diary and her housemaid, and later the housemaid's daughter, Ada. When Ada is born, Cathleen recognizes in her someone she can love and respond...