This is the beginning of the end…of the beginning.

When she journeys onto the lake in a small boat and is enveloped by a bountiful mist, she is overtaken and taken away into history. She visits the town and markers of where her family’s history courses strong and tangible. She journeys from America to the beautiful and classic Ireland. He had one request of her in his last days and that was for her to take his ashes to Ireland and spread them in the Lough.Īfter his passing, she does as he requests. Her main character Anne Gallagher is at the death bed of her ailing grandfather, Eoin, the man who raised her. Besides, when I do read about it, I’m always thankful that I’ve learned something afterward.Īmy Harmon weaves a magical tale of what happens when the past is brought to life. But, it is so important in life and in this story. Sometimes, history is just hard for me to follow. I have to admit that I sometimes found the details of Ireland’s history a little less than captivating. That moment pulled me in with her, like literature quicksand. Then, Anne went to Ireland to spread her grandfather’s ashes on the lake when an overpowering mist sucked her into another lifetime. A story slowly being told with sadness and great attention to detail.

Caught between history and her heart, she must decide whether she’s willing to let go of the life she knew for a love she never thought she’d find.At first it was like a step onto the white sands of a beach, soft and steadily sinking. Mistaken for the boy’s long-missing mother, Anne adopts her identity, convinced the woman’s disappearance is connected to her own.Īs tensions rise, Thomas joins the struggle for Ireland’s independence and Anne is drawn into the conflict beside him.

Thomas Smith, guardian to a young boy who is oddly familiar. But there Anne finds herself, hurt, disoriented, and under the care of Dr. The Ireland of 1921, teetering on the edge of war, is a dangerous place in which to awaken. There, overcome with memories of the man she adored and consumed by a history she never knew, she is pulled into another time. Heartbroken at his death, she travels to his childhood home to spread his ashes. In an unforgettable love story, a woman’s impossible journey through the ages could change everything…Īnne Gallagher grew up enchanted by her grandfather’s stories of Ireland. A Wall Street Journal and Washington Post bestseller.

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