First published 2009
Greta Cahill escapes her Irish village for a new life in 1950s New York. She builds a family, a career, a life—but a dark past haunts her. Terrified her children will learn the truth, Greta keeps her old and new worlds separate. Yet when her family conspires to unite these carefully divided lives, Greta must confront the past she's hidden for decades. A sweeping, emotional story about the sacrifices we make for love.
Genres: literary-fiction, family-life, historical-fiction, 20th-century, 21st-century, family-drama
Vibes: atmospheric, emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: family-secrets, hidden-past
Setting: Ireland, New York (N.Y.)
Period: 1950s
392 pages · Hardcover · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt