Sheila Broph's hopes and dreams are those of any young Dublin girl. She longs to fall in love. Fergus is older than her, in the British Army and fond of his drink but he loves her and Sheila doesn't hesitate when he proposes although their marriage will mean leaving Dublin. In November 1961 Sheila finds herself and her twin baby girls with three other young women on their way to join their husbands stationed in Germany. The young women are plunged into a very different life from the ones they have left. They become friends, sharing their worries, secrets, disappointments and troubles. Elaine Crowley creates a community bound together by the special intimacy that comes when a group of people is thrown together and living far away from their homes and families. Writing in prose as visual as it is evocative, Elaine Crowley is at her best in this rich, disturbing story.
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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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Sheila Brophy sat watching her mother feeding the white satin brocade under the foot of the sewing machine. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Brown Thomas, Father Tom, Grafton Street, Black Market, Camden Street, Kevin Street, O'Connell Street, Sacred Heart of Jesus, First Communion, Michael Collins, Mother of God, Our Lady, Act of Contrition, Holy Hour, Holy Mary, New Year's Eve, Sheila Brophy, Wives Club, Balaclava Ball, Fergus Brady, First World War, Leaving Cert, Liverpool Street, Poor Beth, Wicklow Street New!
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Sheila Brophy sat watching her mother feeding the white satin brocade under the foot of the sewing machine. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Brown Thomas, Father Tom, Grafton Street, Black Market, Camden Street, Kevin Street, O'Connell Street, Sacred Heart of Jesus, First Communion, Michael Collins, Mother of God, Our Lady, Act of Contrition, Holy Hour, Holy Mary, New Year's Eve, Sheila Brophy, Wives Club, Balaclava Ball, Fergus Brady, First World War, Leaving Cert, Liverpool Street, Poor Beth, Wicklow Street New!
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- Only You (Onyx Fiction, Je 606) by Cynthia Victor on page 145, and page 319
- Wayward Angel by Elaine Crowley in Front Matter
- Dreams of Other Days by Elaine Crowley in Front Matter
- Ways of Women Pb by Elaine Crowley in Front Matter
- Waves Upon the Shore Pb by Elaine Crowley in Front Matter
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