A story of life, love, loss and seeking more, three generations of women are all on a journey to change their circumstances and find the life they believe they were destined for . . . revealing a terrible secret that changes it all.
In 1960s Ireland, Maggie Treacy has never felt she belongs. Determined to change her life, the transformation doesnt come without cost, but she isnt going to let anything stand in her way. Never comfortable with losing control, most of her stories gather more legs than a spider. She cuts her family off in hope of a better life, not really thinking much beyond the wedding and the big house. An ideal vicars wife? You decide . . .
Felicity, Maggies daughter, endures a lonely and neglected existence. She longs for the simple life that her mother left behind. A prisoner in her own life, she yearns to escape, to be part of the life that she looks out at. Will she find the love and sense of belonging that shes always been denied?
Felicitys daughter, Ann, otherwise known as Bella, is lost. A spectator in her own life, she doesnt know who she is any more. Married into a wealthy Dublin family, she has everything she ever wanted, except the love she once knew. When her husband turns out not to be the man she thought he was, battling her demons, she seeks to uncover the truth about the past, always lurking in the shadows.
Their lives had seemed so perfect until they werent. Can Bella evolve beyond the secret that has torn them all apart? Will she ever look at things with fresh eyes and a new understanding?
An entertaining read that transcends time with history repeating itself, proving its not our circumstances that define us but the power within to change.