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The Secrets of Nine Irish Sons is an epic, consists of three books. The first volume is subtitled "The Beginning" and the second, "The Rose Ois?n." The stories follow a large fictional family in Aghadoe, Ireland that in today's world is almost extinct. But in the world I grew up in, large Irish families were many, and great grist for a child's imagination. There were always secrets! What was most fascinating about those conversations were the vacillating perspectives that would emerge after each emotion or shocking act was revealed -"I don't know why she would put up with that?" one would whisper and then lots of ideas would follow on what everyone guessed about the victim's knowledge or the predator's circumstances. In my novels, the family reigns supreme. Commitments to take care of family members aren't dismissed by unfortunate circumstances, boredom, anger, rejection, loneliness, or hard times. Dreams of a better life are just that-dreams. Desires, ambitions, faults, mistakes, regrets-and every accompanying emotion are held inside. They are things that require personal growth, change, persistence, strong family intervention, discipline, or minimally, are stored away until or unless more advantageous moments emerge. These are things that are predominantly Irish and in our modern society of self-indulgence are often dismissed as emotionally unhealthy. So while The Secrets of Nine Irish Sons' books are not unlike typical spy or mystery novels, they are wrapped in a great deal of mental discourse, and each machination reveals the deep sources of internal pain or expectant glory within each individual's personal destination. For example, one of the son's secrets is his passionate admiration for his brothers who he feels are smarter, better looking, physically stronger, and far more successful [and desirable to women] than he is or ever will be-a mere low-wage Latin school teacher in a parochial school. One has to imagine a Matt Damon-like character-a young man who smiles
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