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Beloved author Felicity Hayes-McCoy returns with an enchanting, cozy new novel!
It’s Christmas in Ireland, and when Cassie Fitzgerald arrives from Toronto to visit her grandparents, she learns that it’s never too late to come home.
Synopsis:
The days are turning colder, preparations are under way for the Winter Fest, and everyone is hoping for a little holiday magic on the Finfarran peninsula. And as Cassie Fitzgerald, fresh from Toronto, is about to discover, there’s more to the holidays on the west coast of Ireland than mistletoe and mince pies.
Enchanted by the small town where her dad was born, Cassie makes friends and joins local librarian Hanna Casey’s writing group in Lissbeg Library. But the more she’s drawn into the festivities leading up to her first Irish Christmas, the more questions she wants to ask.
Why does her sweet-tempered grandmother Pat find it so hard to express her feelings? What’s going on between Pat and her miserly husband Ger? What happened in the past between the Fitzgeralds and Hanna’s redoubtable mother Mary Casey? And what about Shay: handsome, funny, smart, and intent on making Cassie’s stay as exciting as he can. Could he be the one for her?
As Christmas Eve approaches, it’s Cassie, the outsider, who reminds Lissbeg’s locals that love, family, and friendship bring true magic to the season. But will her own, fractured family rediscover the joys of coming home?
Review:
And speaking of family ghosts....
In this book the ghosts of happier family times run through the book, as Pat and Ger Fitzgerald venture to Canada to see their emigrant sons and their families, and then come back home, with an adult grandchild in tow. But Cassie isn't like the rest of the family-off to make her financial empire- she prefers social connections. Coming to Ireland feels like coming home. But will it be home, or will the ghosts of the past come back to make her leave?
This is an amazing novel of family assumptions, secrets and how you find family when you don't expect it, friends you didn't think would be, and home in an unexpected place. Don't miss this lovely book!
About the Author:
Felicity Hayes-McCoy, Irish author of the much-loved Finfarran novels, built a successful UK-based career as an actress and writer, working in theatre, music theatre, radio, TV, and digital media. She is also the author of two memoirs, The House on an Irish Hillsideand A Woven Silence: Memory, History & Remembrance, an illustrated book Enough Is Plenty: The Year on the Dingle Peninsula, and a cultural guide book, Dingle and its Hinterland: People, Places & Heritage. She and her husband divide their time between London and Ireland.
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