Set in Belfast between 1946 and 1953, this novel, by author of The Wasted Years, centres on the relationship of Eileen Carey and her husband Johnny. Johnny belatedly learns that his son is the child of Eileen's first love, a Protestant who was killed...
Susan's boyfriend of six months, Jim, is a Catholic and her parents haven't yet found out. Jim has said all along that their romance is doomed and she must understand this - but, in fact, neither can bear not to see each other. Finally, Jim realises...
Belfast, the 1960s. When Tess Maguire and her best friend Agnes Quinn get free tickets to see the Rolling Stones, there is nothing that will stop them from going to the Ulster Hall, not even the disapproval of Tess's mother Alice. And though Alice's ...
It is 1971, and with the troubles in Belfast at their height, a happy domestic life is something that Tess Maguire yearns for. While her partnership with her friend Theresa Cunningham in a dressmaking firm is successful, it's beginning to affect her ...
Life in 1920s Belfast is hard for the working class people, but the McGuigans are more fortunate than most. But when eldest son Johnnie shatters the family's peaceful existence with a shocking and unwelcome revelation, opinions become divided. And th...
To her neighbours in Belfast, Maura Brady looks like she has it all - an attractive husband, a comfortable home and a gorgeous little boy, Danny. But behind closed doors, things are far from idyllic. Maura has long harboured doubts that her husband A...
When her mother leaves the family home in Belfast for her lover, Louise McGuigan is left feeling betrayed. It is up to Louise to look after her brother and sister while her father loses himself to alcohol. Returning to work at the local linen factory...
Annie and Sean Devlin have been happily married for several years when a telegram arrives to say that Annie’s sister, Rosaleen, is making a flying visit home to Belfast from Canada, where she now lives.This news strikes fear into Annie’s heart fo...
Belfast, 1907. Beautiful Maggie Pierce has left her comfortable home and family to marry her Catholic sweetheart, Paul Mason. Her family are shocked by what they see as her treachery and disown her - but Maggie is determined to make a success of her ...
Rosaleen Magee has it all â€" a loving family, good looks and a handsome fiancé with his own thriving business. But then Sean Devlin turns up at the Falls Flax Factory, where Rosaleen works, and everything changes. She knows she should leave well al...