| Author: | Carole Bellacera | ISBN: | 9781458133946 |
| Publisher: | Carole Bellacera | Publication: | June 11, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords Edition | Language: | English |
| Author: | Carole Bellacera |
| ISBN: | 9781458133946 |
| Publisher: | Carole Bellacera |
| Publication: | June 11, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords Edition |
| Language: | English |
Kathy O'Faolain is an American woman who seems to have it all—a loving husband, a satisfying job helping troubled teens, and an adorable young son. She lives happily with her Irish husband, Pearse, in Dublin—but her life is forever changed when Pearse's brother is murdered by Protestant terrorists in Northern Ireland. When Pearse feels obligated to return home to the north and take over his brother's role as a Republica activist, Kathy's life is turned upside down. Struggling to understand the hate that plagues this troubled land, she watches the violence creep closer and closer to the people she loves—and soon she must make a heartbreaking choice between her husband and her son's future.
Border Crossings is the story of an American woman, Kathy O'Faolain, happily married to Pearse, an Irish professor at Trinity College. Life in Dublin is good for the O'Faolain family until Pearse receives word that Protestant extremists have murdered his brother, a Sinn Fein councilor in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland. Kathy's ordered life falls apart when relatives convince Pearse to return to his family home in Enniskillen and take over his brother's work in the Republican cause. Kathy, with her young son, Sean, must adapt to life in a violent society, and by doing so, finds her personality changing in ways that are both positive and negative.
"A stirring first novel of terror, death, love, and hope, told with power and conviction and set in the troubled part of Northern Ireland where peace at long last seems almost possible." -- Andrew M. Greeley, bestselling author of IRISH GOLD, SUMMER AT THE LAKE, CONTRACT WITH AN ANGEL, etc...
"BORDER CROSSINGS is a searing look at a family caught in the maelstrom of a tragic political conflict. Carole Bellacera has captured, with amazing believability, the passions and the hatreds that fuel the Irish Troubles." -- Tess Gerritsen, New York Times Best-Selling Author of HARVEST, BLOODSTREAM, LIFE SUPPORT.
Kathy O'Faolain is an American woman who seems to have it all—a loving husband, a satisfying job helping troubled teens, and an adorable young son. She lives happily with her Irish husband, Pearse, in Dublin—but her life is forever changed when Pearse's brother is murdered by Protestant terrorists in Northern Ireland. When Pearse feels obligated to return home to the north and take over his brother's role as a Republica activist, Kathy's life is turned upside down. Struggling to understand the hate that plagues this troubled land, she watches the violence creep closer and closer to the people she loves—and soon she must make a heartbreaking choice between her husband and her son's future.
Border Crossings is the story of an American woman, Kathy O'Faolain, happily married to Pearse, an Irish professor at Trinity College. Life in Dublin is good for the O'Faolain family until Pearse receives word that Protestant extremists have murdered his brother, a Sinn Fein councilor in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland. Kathy's ordered life falls apart when relatives convince Pearse to return to his family home in Enniskillen and take over his brother's work in the Republican cause. Kathy, with her young son, Sean, must adapt to life in a violent society, and by doing so, finds her personality changing in ways that are both positive and negative.
"A stirring first novel of terror, death, love, and hope, told with power and conviction and set in the troubled part of Northern Ireland where peace at long last seems almost possible." -- Andrew M. Greeley, bestselling author of IRISH GOLD, SUMMER AT THE LAKE, CONTRACT WITH AN ANGEL, etc...
"BORDER CROSSINGS is a searing look at a family caught in the maelstrom of a tragic political conflict. Carole Bellacera has captured, with amazing believability, the passions and the hatreds that fuel the Irish Troubles." -- Tess Gerritsen, New York Times Best-Selling Author of HARVEST, BLOODSTREAM, LIFE SUPPORT.
