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"How could you be this close, be a family, and yet be so unknown to one another?"
This quote sums up the reason for this book... the whole theme of this book: We can be a family, yet not know each other. Undoubtedly, this is because we do not let ourselves BE known.
Nora and Theresa are sisters. They are born in Ireland but travel together to America so that Nora can be married to her betrothed, Charlie. She is not sure she loves Charlie. She is the serious one; Theresa is the fun loving one who ...more
This quote sums up the reason for this book... the whole theme of this book: We can be a family, yet not know each other. Undoubtedly, this is because we do not let ourselves BE known.
Nora and Theresa are sisters. They are born in Ireland but travel together to America so that Nora can be married to her betrothed, Charlie. She is not sure she loves Charlie. She is the serious one; Theresa is the fun loving one who ...more
A family saga, written well, with a deep family story filled with secrets, heartache and yes love.
Nora and Theresa, young girls, Irish immigrants, come to America alone to escape the poverty of Ireland in the 1950's. Nora the oldest has no desire to marry her childhood friend. Theresa anticipates a large adventure. Their life in America becomes unsettled and the 2 girls part ways, and not in a good way. Through out the story we meet the family Nora had and we see how secrets kept can disrupt and ...more
Nora and Theresa, young girls, Irish immigrants, come to America alone to escape the poverty of Ireland in the 1950's. Nora the oldest has no desire to marry her childhood friend. Theresa anticipates a large adventure. Their life in America becomes unsettled and the 2 girls part ways, and not in a good way. Through out the story we meet the family Nora had and we see how secrets kept can disrupt and ...more
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Kris (My Novelesque Life)
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Sharmon
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