Remembering her uncontrollable passion in the arms of a handsome worldly man who broke her heart, Elizabeth Sullivan seeks for release outside of her unfulfilling marriage and learns the painful price of forbidden desire.
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Wrapped with some of the standard details of women's fiction, Purcell's (That Childhood Country) third novel is anything but a standard read. Set on the Irish Coast, against the whispery backdrop of WWII, Ashes of Roses offers a fine and deeply felt investigation into the complex emotional lives of its characters. While still in her teens, Elizabeth Sullivan falls head-over-heels in love with a glamorous showman and quickly learns the meaning of love and betrayal. Her parents, fearful of social censure, marry the pregnant Elizabeth off to a widowed farmer with four children. It is a steady, dull life and Elizabeth makes the best of it until a younger man rekindles her passions. A confrontation between Elizabeth's spouse and her would-be lover leaves her husband dead and her lover accused of murder. When the neighboring farmer offers to clear the lover's name in exchange for her hand in marriage and ownership of the farm, Elizabeth reciprocates with a bargain of her own: a marriage in name only to take place a year and a day from the date of her husband's death, separate housing and total freedom. This year-long hiatus-and a tragic accident involving her children-forces Elizabeth to confront the reality of her attitudes toward love and desire. In an ironic twist, the story comes to a slightly rushed but romantic conclusion that will leave readers closing the book with a smile.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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This review is from: Ashes of Roses (Paperback)
I read the reviews for Falling for a Dancer which is the American title of this same book and saw the miniseries. The miniseries was very good. The book was also good and the above review is correct in stating you should read the book before you watch, it puts much in place. The only thing that I could complain about is that the main hero "Mossy" doesn't appear til page 120ish. Second, when the "good" comes of everything in the book at the end, it is rushed. Other wise a Mauve Binchy type read and very good.
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I saw the mini-series and fell in love w/the storyline. Naturally the book is so much better. Suggestion, read the book then watch the mini-series. So much more depth and insight on the current events/people of the day. The stigma of being a single woman w/child and what one must go through to save "face". Having to marry a man you do not love and be subject to him because it is your duty and you are his property. So glad those days are gone (at least in some places). An entertaining read.
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