02329cam a2200301 i 4500 1846780718 TxAuBib 20240820120000.0 240811s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781835250808 1835250807 TLC TLC TLC rda TxAuBib rda O'Shea, Daisy, Author. The Irish Child: Tear-jerking, totally compelling Irish timeslip fiction / Author O'Shea, Daisy. Middletown, DE : Bookouture, 2024. 312 pages ; 7.81 inches, 5.06 inches, 0.70 inches. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Emerald Isles 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. ut 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…? 20240820. Mothers and daughters Fiction. Man-woman relationships Fiction. Missing children Fiction. Ireland Fiction. Emerald Isles.