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Dunmara, County Clare, Ireland
Orla Daly is still finding her footing. Her marriage is over, her children's lives are unsettled, and the career she's building feels as precarious as it is exciting. But Dunmara — the house that was the backdrop to her whole life — has revealed a connection she never expected, and she can't turn away from it now. When she discovers an extraordinary painting hidden within its walls, Orla is pulled into a mystery a century old, and begins to understand that saving this house may be bound up with finding herself.
Yorkshire, England / County Clare, Ireland, 1918
Billy DeVere has spent his boyhood in the shadow of expectation — the heir his aristocratic father needs him to be. Then the Great War claims his father and both his brothers, and the life mapped out for him simply vanishes. In its place comes something unexpected: freedom. As Billy comes of age, he dares to imagine his own future ''' and the path he chooses will leave its mark on Dunmara for generations to come.
Two lives, a century apart, held together by one enduring house. As Orla follows the trail the painting has left her, Dunmara slowly gives up another of its secrets.
The Rector's Daughter is the second novel in the Dunmara Story.
Genre: Historical
Orla Daly is still finding her footing. Her marriage is over, her children's lives are unsettled, and the career she's building feels as precarious as it is exciting. But Dunmara — the house that was the backdrop to her whole life — has revealed a connection she never expected, and she can't turn away from it now. When she discovers an extraordinary painting hidden within its walls, Orla is pulled into a mystery a century old, and begins to understand that saving this house may be bound up with finding herself.
Yorkshire, England / County Clare, Ireland, 1918
Billy DeVere has spent his boyhood in the shadow of expectation — the heir his aristocratic father needs him to be. Then the Great War claims his father and both his brothers, and the life mapped out for him simply vanishes. In its place comes something unexpected: freedom. As Billy comes of age, he dares to imagine his own future ''' and the path he chooses will leave its mark on Dunmara for generations to come.
Two lives, a century apart, held together by one enduring house. As Orla follows the trail the painting has left her, Dunmara slowly gives up another of its secrets.
The Rector's Daughter is the second novel in the Dunmara Story.
Genre: Historical
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