How much is an individual the product of his or her upbringing? To what extent is the sense of family, its pride and bonding, a part of an individual's soul and character? Ann O'Farrell narrates a story of a family's inexplicable dissolution-five children tragically split and cast off to separate worlds. In the span of fourteen formative years their story unfolds, touching the very core of what is the essence of family and attachment. Set in the rural Ireland of the 1920's and 30's, the tale is wonderfully painted in expressive detail, settings and emotion. This is a mindful and moving...
How much is an individual the product of his or her upbringing? To what extent is the sense of family, its pride and bonding, a part of an individual'...
Who are we? What blend of gene, heritage, family or culture conjoin to make us who and what we are? How is one predisposed by an unknown past to the life set before him? Irish, orphaned and abandoned, a toddler is literally handed off to strangers only to be judged inferior and passed on to an exploitive spinster seeking support for her old age. Michael, a second novel by Ann O'Farrell, evolves from her first engrossing tale, Norah's Children. This time O'Farrell explores the family theme as it relates to the transcendent emotional ties of need, loyalty and self worth. Michael's duality must...
Who are we? What blend of gene, heritage, family or culture conjoin to make us who and what we are? How is one predisposed by an unknown past to the l...
For three generations the fortunes of Norah's children have ebbed and flowed. World War II has come to an end. The extended and disparate Kellys adjust to a peacetime that is not all that was promised. Pierce, Mary, Colm, Sheelagh, and Michael continue to forge their hard won connections, even when harmony is difficult to find. This is the third and final book in the saga of Norah's children. It follows the five siblings into marriage and parenthood, tragedy and triumph. Heart-warming and heart-wrenching events strengthen a powerful family bond that neither time nor distance can break.
For three generations the fortunes of Norah's children have ebbed and flowed. World War II has come to an end. The extended and disparate Kellys adjus...
Kitty O'Connor is an Everywoman. She is all things to all people and her many roles will be recognized by women everywhere. She is a wife, a mother, a daughter, a housekeeper, employer, friend, nurse, and neighbor, and all these roles collide in a chaotic twenty four hours when her wayward nephew arrives at her home, on the run from the British police. Set in suburban Dublin in1953 Kitty's Hive is packed full of excitement, tension, pathos, and humor. Kitty must care for the fragile, bedridden, Alphonsus, the endearing young Danny, her bickering daughters, and her irascible father, Sean...
Kitty O'Connor is an Everywoman. She is all things to all people and her many roles will be recognized by women everywhere. She is a wife, a mother, a...
