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Synopsis:
"When Francesco Flanagan came to the isle, it paused and wondered and took a deep breath … and then it smiled. All of Ireland. The greens turned greener and the people from the north to the south and from the east to the west, not knowing why, had more joy in their step and more kindness in their hearts. But Francesco Flanagan had not come to Ireland to bring good cheer, he had come to end his life."
Thus begins the "Sweet-Maker of Connemara", a fairy tale of epic proportions. After losing his entire family, one by one, blow by blow, Francesco Flanagan decides to end his life. He journeys to his ancestral home in remote Connemara to breathe his final breath ... and is promptly saved by a giant. This most unusual encounter is the beginning of a wondrous tale of this world and the Otherworld, of legendary trials and fearsome champions, of friendship and family - of life.
Welcome to the world of the Sweet-Maker of Connemara!
Thus begins the "Sweet-Maker of Connemara", a fairy tale of epic proportions. After losing his entire family, one by one, blow by blow, Francesco Flanagan decides to end his life. He journeys to his ancestral home in remote Connemara to breathe his final breath ... and is promptly saved by a giant. This most unusual encounter is the beginning of a wondrous tale of this world and the Otherworld, of legendary trials and fearsome champions, of friendship and family - of life.
Welcome to the world of the Sweet-Maker of Connemara!
Review:
From the opening line, you'll feel transported to lush fields of green, among the Irish hills. And you'll be stunned that you haven't heard of Eckhart morel! From the opening, it grabs you and doesn't let you go. Like a fiarytale for adults, it's full of the human condition- our wishes, our hopes, love and death, and all tied up with a bit of magic, and Irish history and culture. Add in some Irish fairy magic, and a dash of Italian baking, and you have prose that touches your soul. This is a book you want to curl up wth, ignore the kids, and get lost in. So don't start it, unless you have time to give it, as you won't want to put it down, and when you finally do at thend, it is with a smile and a sigh!
About the Author:
Daniel Martin Eckhart is the author of the novels The Champ, Barnaby Smith, Home, Tales of Wychwood and The Sweet-Maker of Connemara.
Eckhart has written screenplays for more than two decades, has published several of his original screenplays in the Eckhart Screenplays series and shared his experiences about the life of a screenwriter in his book, Write, Write, Write.
Before focusing on his writing career, Eckhart served in the Swiss military, guarded the Pope's life in the Vatican, worked for the United Nations, driving trucks across the Sinai Desert, delivering diplomatic mail to Damascus and driving armored limousines in Beirut. After five adventurous years in Israel, Lebanon, Iran and Iraq, Eckhart quit the UN to study acting in New York at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre, where he discovered screenwriting. He has penned several feature-length movies, worked on TV shows and has adapted novels for the small screen.
Eckhart lives with his family on a 17th century farm in Switzerland
Eckhart has written screenplays for more than two decades, has published several of his original screenplays in the Eckhart Screenplays series and shared his experiences about the life of a screenwriter in his book, Write, Write, Write.
Before focusing on his writing career, Eckhart served in the Swiss military, guarded the Pope's life in the Vatican, worked for the United Nations, driving trucks across the Sinai Desert, delivering diplomatic mail to Damascus and driving armored limousines in Beirut. After five adventurous years in Israel, Lebanon, Iran and Iraq, Eckhart quit the UN to study acting in New York at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre, where he discovered screenwriting. He has penned several feature-length movies, worked on TV shows and has adapted novels for the small screen.
Eckhart lives with his family on a 17th century farm in Switzerland
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