The House on Prospect [Kindle Edition]

Bernadette Walsh (Author)

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Product Description

Ellen Murphy spent her childhood in an idyllic house by the sea. A house surrounded by flower-filled gardens and a white picket fence. A house she fled at eighteen. A house full of secrets.

When her mother Rose, an ex-nun, is diagnosed with terminal cancer, Ellen reluctantly returns home to care for her and uncovers a clue to the one secret that has haunted Ellen all her life: the identity of her father. But that is just one of the many secrets hidden behind the beautiful facade of the house on Prospect Road. Ellen discovers the high price both her mother and her Irish grandmother paid for the house on Prospect and she realizes that her meek mother is more of stranger to her than her absent father.

Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 1708 KB
• Publisher: Echelon Press (January 11, 2012)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B006WPZODA
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #384,299 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

More About the Author

Bernadette Walsh is a native New Yorker who, when she isn't busy practicing law and tormenting her fellow commuters on the Long Island Rail Road with the tap-tap-tapping of her laptop, enjoys reading and now writing novels. She also loves stealing the remote from her husband and indulging in her now not-so-secret obsession with reality TV.

Bernadette has won several writing contests and has written: -- Gold Coast Wives, a contemporary romance now available from Lyrical Press, -- The House on Prospect, women's fiction, now available from Echelon Press, -- Devil's Mountain (Book 1 of the Devlin Legacy), a paranormal novella that will be published by Lyrical Press in April 2012, -- and Devil's Shore (Book 2 of the Devlin Legacy) that will be published by Lyrical Press in late 2012.

You can follow Bernadette on Twitter: BWalshWriter

Bernadette's Website: http://web.me.com/bernadette_walsh

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5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful, touching story of real people, January 15, 2012

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Ellis "Ellis" (Taylors, SC USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The House on Prospect (Kindle Edition)

The House on Prospect is a beautifully written story about the complicated relationship between three generations of women. It will touch you, make you laugh, and make you cry. Bernadette Walsh's subtle use of language, traditions, and manners painted an authentic portrait of an Irish Catholic family. I loved it.

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book dealing with family ordeals., January 13, 2012

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Reviewer"Lynn" - See all my reviews

This review is from: The House on Prospect (Kindle Edition)

The House On Prospect
Bernadette Walsh
Echelon Press
Release Date-January 15, 2012
Women's Fiction
5 Stars

The House On Prospect is one amazing story. I started reading it in the evening and finished it in one sitting. It is a story dealing with life its self, a story of greed, family secrets, abuse, infidelity and happiness with a touch of romance. A story of 4 generations of a family that dealt with all of the above and kept it hidden.

When Rose is diagnosed with cancer and just has a few months at the most to live, her daughter Ellen returns home. Ellen spent her childhood living in the house on Prospect, a house by the sea, a yard full of flowers and a house full of secrets. Raised more by her grandmother then her mother, she never knew who her father was. As Ellen and other family members take turns staying with her at the hospital, squabbles erupt, memories return of things past and Ellen feels as her mother is a stranger to her. As she goes through old letters and photographs her mother and grandmother has kept she finds a picture and eventually learns the truth on a few things. Rose who was studying to become a nun had to return home. When she became pregnant with Ellen she never told the father. Now Ellen wonders did she want me or was I a hindrance? Will the truth eventually be revealed to all or will it forever remain a secret and taken to the grave with Rose.

This was an amazing story; there is the occasional coarse language in the book but not enough to detract from the story. The characters were very well presented and each played a part in the plot. Reading this really made me feel like I was watching a soap opera. It is a very good book that one could see happening in any family today's society. I feel like his would make a good movie made for TV.