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In very good condition - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.Elaine Crowley's warm and moving novel depicts in all its rich beauty the magic of Ireland - through the interwoven fortunes of two families, one aristrocratic, one poor. And in all its tragic grief, the devastation of the village as it falls under the shadow of the Famine.Katy O'Donnell is engaged to be married when the novel opens. But on the eve of her wedding she meets and falls in love with the best friend of her husband-to-be Jamsie O'Hara is very handsome, bold, and within hours of their meeting, determined to have Katy. Katy's mother and Father Bolger the priest, unite in their horrified pleas to stop her, for the O'Haras are hard-drinking, wild men from the bog, not much given to holding down a steady job. But Katy and Jamsie are in the grip of a grand passion; they sweep aside all objections and get married.The fluctuations of their love, the births of their six children,… Read More