THE IRISH CHILD

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Heartbroken Erin leaves her hometown of Boston for a new beginning.  After losing her husband in a tragic accident she has never felt so alone as she does right now, she needs a change.  So she moves to Roone Bay on the beautiful southern coast of Ireland.  She is determined to find the answer to a note she found in her family’s Bible.  She has thought about that note since she was a child.  When Finn, the local historian refuses to help her solve the mystery, she wonders how she will ever find the truth.  Erin wants to know all about her ancestors, and why Nellie left Ireland and settled in America?  Erin also knows about Annie, and must uncover everything she can about the missing child.  Erin feels close to her ancestors in Ireland and is soon offered a job.  She must decide if Ireland is her new home or is America where she belongs.


The Irish Child, written by author Daisy O’Shea is a wonderful story about family and the need for new beginnings.  I loved Erin’s story and my heart broke for her.  I cheered her on as she uncovered her family’s history.  O’Shea is phenomenal in her description of the Ireland Coast.  Feeling the sea breeze on my face is exactly what I needed.  This amazingly written time slip story had me flying through the pages making this book an unputdownable treasure.  This is the second installment in the Emerald Isle Series but can be read as a standalone. I highly recommend this book.


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THE IRISH CHILD
Author:  Daisy O’Shea
Publisher:  Bookouture
Publication Date: July 16, 2024 
Pages: 325 
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A salty breeze whips the tears from my eyes as I stare out at the emerald Irish Sea. Everything I’ve lost, the child my great grandmother Nellie lost, all feels so present here, in the land my family left years ago. How will I ever move on? Will I ever uncover the truth about the little girl who went missing all those years ago? 

When Boston-born 
Erin arrives in wind-tossed Roone Bay, she’s heart-sore, tired and lonely. Her marriage is over: she’s come to build a new life for herself on Ireland’s rugged southern coast. And to unravel the story behind the mysterious note in her family’s ancient Bible that has haunted her since childhood. But hazel-eyed former lifeboat volunteer Finn, the only local historian around, quietly refuses her pleas to help.

So Erin settles in to the town, with its whitewashed cottages and ruddy-cheeked fishermen, and begins her quest alone. Who was her ancestor, 
Nellie, and why did she leave Ireland for America? What happened to her missing child, Annie, and did Nellie ever see her again?

Just as Erin despairs ever uncovering the truth, one rain-soaked night she is rescued by Finn, who finally agrees to help. And by firelight and candlelight each evening, just as it would have been in her great-grandmother’s time, Finn and Erin grow closer as they share their stories.

But just as Erin wonders if Roone Bay could be her forever home, she makes a devastating discovery. Will she be able to face the truth, which changes everything she thought she knew about herself, her past, and her family’s Irish legacy? Or will she run, just as Nellie did all those years ago, and lose the best chance at happiness she’s ever had…?

ABOUT DAISY O’SHEA

Sue Lewando was a teacher for several years before migrating to the office environment, where she was PA to the Treasurer of Clarks Shoes, a multi-national company, then, briefly, PA to Susan George, the actress best known for Straw Dogs. Sue had many genre books published (M&B and Virgin), under pseudonyms, and self-publishes her crime thrillers. She was on the committee of the Romantic Novelists’ Association in England, for whom she assessed typescripts. She has been a fiction tutor for the London School of Journalism for twenty years. She has two grown-up children, a happy second marriage, and a bundle of cats and dogs. She moved to West Cork with her husband to undertake a farmhouse refurbishment project, foster their joint passion for playing Irish traditional music, and to invest time in their individual academic projects. She recently completed a Masters in Creative Writing at UCC, taking the opportunity to explore diverse writing genres. She works with the Jeremy Murphy Literary Consultancy in the capacity of typescript analyst, ghostwriter, editor, and online publishing advisor. She loves good commercial fiction, and is a devotee of the Oxford comma.

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