All That I Leave Behind - a novel
Hachette Books Ireland, June 2015
What makes a mother abandon her children?
Twenty-six years ago, a young woman boarded a ferry from Dun Laoghaire to Holyhead leaving behind her four children. She never saw them again.
Now the O'Connor children still bear the scars of their mother's abandonment.
Mary-Pat, who raised her brother and sisters, pushes her own family further and further away. June fills the void inside with money and status. Pi, still living in the family home, has shut himself off from the world, while, Rosie, the youngest, has spent the past ten years denying who she is.
When Rosie returns to the small town to get married, their father reveals a secret that awakens old ghosts. As the siblings are forced to confront the reason their mother left all those years ago, they begin to realise that for things to be fixed, first, they have to be broken. And for their mother, time has not erased the pain of leaving them, but the guilt has lasted a lifetime.
All that I Leave Behind is the story of one family torn apart by passion, and the conflict between love and duty.
Hachette Books Ireland, June 2015
What makes a mother abandon her children?
Twenty-six years ago, a young woman boarded a ferry from Dun Laoghaire to Holyhead leaving behind her four children. She never saw them again.
Now the O'Connor children still bear the scars of their mother's abandonment.
Mary-Pat, who raised her brother and sisters, pushes her own family further and further away. June fills the void inside with money and status. Pi, still living in the family home, has shut himself off from the world, while, Rosie, the youngest, has spent the past ten years denying who she is.
When Rosie returns to the small town to get married, their father reveals a secret that awakens old ghosts. As the siblings are forced to confront the reason their mother left all those years ago, they begin to realise that for things to be fixed, first, they have to be broken. And for their mother, time has not erased the pain of leaving them, but the guilt has lasted a lifetime.
All that I Leave Behind is the story of one family torn apart by passion, and the conflict between love and duty.