The Benediction - Softcover

McDonald, Joyce

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1469139278 ISBN 13: 9781469139272

Publisher: Xlibris, Corp., 2012

Synopsis

Betrayed by their homeland, the English, and the Catholic Church, the O'Dwyer family of four brothers and a sister is torn apart and forced to flee early-nineteenth-century Ireland one by one. Their search for one another and their struggle to restore the family while spread over three countries challenge them to retain their faith and belief in the future. All four brothers are in love with lovely Marie Foley, and their feelings for her tear them further apart. Even Declan, the youngest, who has the "gift of sight," never envisioned that within a year, cattle would be grazing where their home stood, his parents buried near Ringrone Castle, and the village destroyed. How could he have known Liam would be whisked out of the country with English soldiers on his heels or that Donal would destroy his life with drink? Could he have known that Niall would desert them and become a success on his own?

About this title

About the Author:

Joyce McDonal's background includes feature writing for a daily newspaper, editing publications for several banks, and editing executive newsletters. She is the author of Killing the Cure, a contemporary suspense novel, and the coauthor of Semka: The Sammy Skobel Story. She teaches a course in memoir writing and facilitates a creative writing workshop at Hodges University's Lifelong Learning Center in Naples, Florida. Research for this novel was done in County Cork, Ireland, where she lived for three and a half years. She makes her home in Bonita Springs, Florida, with her husband, Louis Luciani.

About this edition

• Publisher: Xlibris, Corp.
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1469139278
• ISBN 13: 9781469139272
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 478