*A beautiful and unforgettable love story crafted from the quiet unspoken truths of life*In 1959, sixty years after leaving her native Ireland, Catherine Hallshead returns to live in Athy very near where she grew up. Her mission is to go through the sixty-nine journals of her life and then write a separate account of what happened when a stranger entered the Quaker Meeting House at Ballitore in January 1899. Joshua Jacob was a charismatic driven man; Abigail, then married, fell head over heels in love with him. Their love for each other took their lives in directions they never forsaw or forgave. Catherine sets out a memorial to her dead friend for the children who never knew their mother. She also depicts life in a small town in the late fifties in Ireland, and shows how the curiosity of the townsfolk gradually turns to help and offers of friendship.
- ISBN10 0330352741
- ISBN13 9780330352741
- Publish Date 23 July 1999
- Publish Status Unknown
- Out of Print 20 May 2003
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Pan Macmillan
- Imprint Picador
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 272
- Language English