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Publisher's summary
An enchanting and nostalgic tale of Ireland in the 1950s by Ireland’s favourite writer, Alice Taylor.
The Phelans have owned Mossgrove for generations. The small, rural Irish farm has been the pride of them all until Ned's wife, Martha, arrives and begins to undermine generations of hard work and happiness. She resents the deep history of the place and sets about making it her own, shutting out what is left of Ned's family. She is particularly jealous of Ned's sister, Kate, a local nurse and doting aunt to Martha's children.
When Ned dies suddenly, Martha puts Mossgrove up for sale in hopes that it will be bought by the neighbouring Conways, who have long coveted the Phelan farm. What she does not realise are the lengths to which Kate and the hired hand Jack will go to keep the land in the family....
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- Amazon Customer
- 08-26-20
Brings you right there
The writing brings you right into the story and leaves you feeling a part of it through the whole book.
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- 03-07-23
Visit to the old country
Loved the setting and story as I travel to Ireland. It was entertaining and the accent’s wonderful.
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- Kindle Customer
- 07-09-22
Good read about Ireland
Good story about life on a farm in Ireland family ties and different personalities. Recommend to all as an enjoyable read
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- Bill Alexander
- 12-31-21
Syrupy
Don’t waste time or money on this treacle. Plot simplified to minimal conflict, one dimensional characters and do reason. To keep reading except the performers voice. A great book to go to sleep by.
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- Alison Colton-Rhoads
- 04-09-21
Really enjoyed it!
Good book. I couldn’t stop listening. On to the next in the series. I can’t wait to see what happens next.
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- Carolyn H.
- 01-08-21
sweet and predictable.
Excellent for a driving trip when children are on board, but it lacks the subtlety needed to keep adult interest until the end. I prefer stories where some things are left unsettled. This one tied up *every loose end* in a way that made the last few chapters a chore.
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- MS Wheeler
- 01-19-19
Loved this Book
The fantastic narration of this lovely book makes the experience so enjoyable , it’s atmospheric and wonderful description will allow you to Day dream and be there, so looking forward to the next book
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- John Stenson
- 12-03-21
engrossing and moving
Alice Taylor's writing brings you back in time, in a way only she can do.
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- jayjay
- 08-23-20
A page turner!
This was one of the Irish novels I have so far encountered. It is story of an Irish farming family and their neighbours describing the good and the bad in Irish society in post war rural Ireland. It might have been improved by a little more historical background. It didn't bother me too much as the story was so gripping.The narration was excellent, so perhaps compensated for the lack of date setting. If there had been pages to turn - I would have described it as a page turner.
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- Anonymous User
- 11-02-19
Irish history
Enjoyed this story so typical of family and the struggle over land. It was well thought out and you were waiting on tenterhooks for the ending.
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- Tracey Barnes
- 08-17-19
The woman of the house
Thoroughly enjoyed the introduction to this trilogy. The narration draws you in and is so well done that you feel you get to know the characters and there places within the family. Will look forward to listen in to the second book.
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- Kwenda
- 02-16-21
Excellent narrator
I loved the story, but the narrator really made it. Thanks Aoife you made the story come to life.
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- Kay
- 01-29-19
A wonderful story
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Was strong I felt as though I was in the wonderful town among this family.
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- Narrated by: Michael Tudor Barnes, Nicolette McKenzie
- Length: 15 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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The house was built in the Old Queen's time: built for an Elizabethan pirate who was knighted for the plunder he brought home. It survived many eras, many reigns: it saw the passing of Cromwell and the Civil War. It became rich with an Indian Nabob and poor with a 20th century innkeeper. It saw wars, and lovers, and death. Children were born there, both heirs and bastards. It had ghosts and legends and a history that grew stranger with every generation.
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Bless This House - my take
- By Kalona1982 on 04-05-09
By: Norah Lofts
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The Little Orphan Girl
- By: Sandy Taylor
- Narrated by: Aoife McMahon
- Length: 9 hrs and 22 mins
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When Cissy Ryan’s real mother comes to claim her from the workhouse, it’s not how she imagined. Her family’s tumbledown cottage has ice on the inside of its windows and is in an isolated, poverty-stricken village in the muddy Irish countryside. But when Cissy is allowed to help neighbour Colm Doyle and his horse named Blue on their milk round one morning, Cissy starts to feel as though friendship could get her through anything.
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Beautiful heart breaking story.
- By kanga2012 on 07-08-20
By: Sandy Taylor
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An Irish Country Doctor
- A Novel
- By: Patrick Taylor
- Narrated by: John Keating
- Length: 10 hrs and 55 mins
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Barry Laverty, M.B., can barely find the village of Ballybucklebo on a map when he first sets out to seek gainful employment there, but already he knows that there is nowhere he would rather live than in the emerald hills and dales of Northern Ireland. The proud owner of a spanking-new medical degree and little else in the way of worldly possessions, Barry jumps at the chance to secure a position as an assistant in a small rural practice. At least until he meets Dr. Fingal Flahertie O'Reilly.
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Something's Missing ... But It's Not the "F Bomb"!
- By Bookworm on 09-06-13
By: Patrick Taylor
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The Town House
- By: Norah Lofts
- Narrated by: Juliet Prague, Martyn Read
- Length: 17 hrs and 22 mins
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"It was in the first week of October in the year 1391 that I first came face to face with the man who owned me… the man whose lightest word was to us, his villeins, weightier than the King’s law or the edicts of our Holy Father…” So began the story of Martin Reed - a serf whose resentment of the automatic rule of his feudal lord finally flared into open defiance.
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My favorite author
- By Karie on 07-09-15
By: Norah Lofts
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Wolf Hollow
- By: Lauren Wolk
- Narrated by: Emily Rankin
- Length: 6 hrs and 55 mins
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Despite growing up in the shadows cast by two world wars, Annabelle has lived a mostly quiet, steady life in her small Pennsylvania town. Until the day new student Betty Glengarry walks into her class. Betty quickly reveals herself to be cruel and manipulative, and though her bullying seems isolated at first, it quickly escalate. Toby, a reclusive World War I veteran, soon becomes the target of her attacks. While others have always seen Toby’s strangeness, Annabelle knows only kindness.
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Amazing Book...not just for YA
- By Raelene Vautrin on 11-29-17
By: Lauren Wolk
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Cold Comfort Farm
- Penguin Classics
- By: Stella Gibbons
- Narrated by: Pearl Mackie
- Length: 8 hrs and 6 mins
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When sensible, sophisticated Flora Poste is orphaned at 19, she decides her only choice is to descend upon relatives in deepest Sussex. At the aptly named Cold Comfort Farm, she meets the doomed Starkadders: cousin Judith, heaving with remorse for unspoken wickedness; Amos, preaching fire and damnation; their sons, lustful Seth and despairing Reuben; child of nature Elfine; and crazed old Aunt Ada Doom, who has kept to her bedroom for the last 20 years. But Flora loves nothing better than to organise other people.
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Very, very amusing, a go to if one needs cheering
- By Laura G. Marcantoni on 11-05-20
By: Stella Gibbons
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The Choice
- Lancaster County Secrets, Book 1
- By: Suzanne Woods Fisher
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 10 hrs and 5 mins
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Lancaster County has always been her home - but where does her heart belong? One moment Carrie Weaver was looking forward to running away with Lancaster Barnstormers pitcher Solomon Riehl - plans that included leaving the Amish community where they grew up. But the next moment she was staring into a future as broken as her heart....
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Literary Amish Story
- By Carrie Fancett Pagels on 11-29-11
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South Riding
- By: Winifred Holtby