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Kathleen McGurl

    Kathleen McGurl creëert meeslepende verhalen die vaak twee tijdlijnen met elkaar verweven. Haar werk duikt diep in de complexiteit van menselijke relaties en de geheimen die schuilgaan onder de oppervlakte van alledaagse levens. McGurl blinkt uit in het opbouwen van spanning en het creëren van personages waarin lezers zich kunnen inleven, en trekt hen mee in hun verstrengelde lotgevallen. Haar toegankelijke stijl nodigt uit tot reflectie over de echo's van het verleden in het heden.

    The Daughters Of Red Hill Hall
    The Girl from Ballymor
    • 'The Daughters of Red Hill Hall ...[has] all the intrigue, mystery, relationship drama and edge of your seat secret reveals any reader could want.' - Books and Boardies

      The Daughters Of Red Hill Hall2020
      3,6
    • The Girl from Ballymor

      • 384bladzijden
      • 14 uur lezen

      What would you sacrifice for your children? Ballymor, Ireland, 1847. As the country starves in the grip of famine Bridget Tooley is left widowed and alone. Fighting to keep her two remaining children alive against all odds, Bridget faces the truth that not everyone will survive and what will she be willing to sacrifice to save her children? Present day: Arriving in Ballymor, Maria McCarthy is researching her great-great-grandfather, Victorian artist Michael McCarthy - and his beloved mother, the mysterious Bridget. The subject of so many of his portraits, Bridget has fascinated historians for years, as in reality she disappeared without a trace. Pregnant and afraid of motherhood, it's not only answers about the past that Maria hopes to find in Ireland. As her search brings her closer to the truth about Bridget's fate, Maria will discover that a mother's love is as powerful and enduring as time itself

      The Girl from Ballymor2017
      4,1