iUniverse Would Like to Announce the Release of Norah’s Children by Ann O’Farrell
Bloomington, IN, December 21, 2008 --(PR.com)-- Abandoned, Norah’s Children struggle to reunite.
O’Farrell beguiles with a tale of loss and love in 1920s rural Ireland.
In Norah’s Children, an Irish family’s bond endures as author Ann O’Farrell brilliantly weaves the story of how a sister’s love can overcome a tragic loss.
It is Ireland in the early1920s. Norah Kelly dies and Brendan, her husband, leaves their five children with an elderly aunt, Bridgie, while he seeks a new wife. But, after his marriage, he refuses to take his children back. It is left to Auntie Bridgie to find them new homes and prevent them being put into an orphanage.
Bridget busied herself making the tea. She poured two cups and brought them to the hearth.
“Here, you need this, I think.” She handed him a cup, pulled a chair to the other side of the fire, and sat facing Brendan. “What’s wrong, lad?”
He stared at his worn boots, his hands wrapped around the cup as if he were cold. “I don’t want the children home, Bridget.”
“That’s all right, Brendan; sure they’re gone to bed now. Tomorrow is grand.”
“I don’t want them at all, Bridget.”
The children are separated, and grow up in very different circumstances. It is Mary who remains with Auntie Bridgie and who resolves to reunite the family. Each of the chapters in Norah’s Children is told through the eyes of one of the characters, giving a moving insight into their vastly different lives.
“A rich portrait of rural Ireland in the 20s and 30s, with sharply observed characters and an absorbing storyline.” -- Kirkus Discoveries Review
About the author.
Ann O’Farrell has a master’s degree from Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland, where she studied drama and sociology. O’Farrell worked as a theater director and a drama therapist until she and her husband, John, retired to Florida in 2001. Following her retirement, O’Farrell began her fiction writing and has had several humorous short articles and stories published in newspapers and magazines. She has written a second historical novel, Michael, based on the youngest son in Norah’s Children. O’Farrell has three sons and two grandsons. Visit her online at www.annofarrell.net.
For more information contact: Teresa Hale
Phone: 1-800-AUTHORS
Email: Publicity@iuniverse.com
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O’Farrell beguiles with a tale of loss and love in 1920s rural Ireland.
In Norah’s Children, an Irish family’s bond endures as author Ann O’Farrell brilliantly weaves the story of how a sister’s love can overcome a tragic loss.
It is Ireland in the early1920s. Norah Kelly dies and Brendan, her husband, leaves their five children with an elderly aunt, Bridgie, while he seeks a new wife. But, after his marriage, he refuses to take his children back. It is left to Auntie Bridgie to find them new homes and prevent them being put into an orphanage.
Bridget busied herself making the tea. She poured two cups and brought them to the hearth.
“Here, you need this, I think.” She handed him a cup, pulled a chair to the other side of the fire, and sat facing Brendan. “What’s wrong, lad?”
He stared at his worn boots, his hands wrapped around the cup as if he were cold. “I don’t want the children home, Bridget.”
“That’s all right, Brendan; sure they’re gone to bed now. Tomorrow is grand.”
“I don’t want them at all, Bridget.”
The children are separated, and grow up in very different circumstances. It is Mary who remains with Auntie Bridgie and who resolves to reunite the family. Each of the chapters in Norah’s Children is told through the eyes of one of the characters, giving a moving insight into their vastly different lives.
“A rich portrait of rural Ireland in the 20s and 30s, with sharply observed characters and an absorbing storyline.” -- Kirkus Discoveries Review
About the author.
Ann O’Farrell has a master’s degree from Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland, where she studied drama and sociology. O’Farrell worked as a theater director and a drama therapist until she and her husband, John, retired to Florida in 2001. Following her retirement, O’Farrell began her fiction writing and has had several humorous short articles and stories published in newspapers and magazines. She has written a second historical novel, Michael, based on the youngest son in Norah’s Children. O’Farrell has three sons and two grandsons. Visit her online at www.annofarrell.net.
For more information contact: Teresa Hale
Phone: 1-800-AUTHORS
Email: Publicity@iuniverse.com
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