A powerful and richly imagined novel which sweeps the reader back through history to the era of the great Irish famine,a time of courage,passion and political upheaval. When Katy O'Donnell marries handsome,swaggering,hard-drinking Jamsie O'Hara she is as freash and filled with dreams as her mistress,Catherine Kilgoran,marrying in silk and lace up at the big house. The story of two families whose fortunes are inextricably linked,and of a small,close-knit community bound together by tradition and by tragedy,it is also a tender and truthful portrayal of a marriage and of a woman whose indomitable spirit remains unbowed.
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'You will never forget Katy and the people of her place ... a haunting story' (Maeve Binchy)
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Elaine Crowley lives in Port Talbot with her husband and has six children. She did not start writing until after her children had left home.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Simply fantastic,
This review is from: Dreams of Other Days (Mass Market Paperback)
I found this book to be absolutely wonderful. As well as giving an insight and background to the goings on around the time of the Irish potato famine, it also transported me to a village I only had a picture of in my head. Through reading the book, I felt I was in the village and personally knew the charachters. I often cried and rejoiced with them. It was so sad to leave them when I had finished the book, but it wasn't long till I went back and read it again. Elaine Crowley has a fantastic gift of making you feel a part of her book.
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Interesting, has great impact,
By cgildea829@aol.com (Michigan, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Dreams of Other Days (Hardcover)
Anyone who has any interest at all in the potato famine,or Ireland should read this book. It tells the story of Katie and Jamsie, and allows the reader to understand the pain and suffering of this time.
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