In this compelling book, Llywelyn tells the story of charming young woman, Ursula Halloran, who comes of age in the 1920s, and experiences the passions and pains of the times in a way that brings them alive for every reader. The horror and tragedy of civil war give way to a repressive Catholic state in which married women cannot hold jobs, divorce is illegal, and the IRA becomes a band of outlaws still devoted to and fighting for a Republic that never lived. Ursula, an idealist, believes in a fiercely independent Ireland. She falls in love, bears a child out of wedlock, and in the war years finds fulfilment running her family farm in neutral Ireland.
- ISBN13 9780812570809
- Publish Date 1 March 2004 (first published 22 February 2003)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 15 December 2008
- Publish Country US
- Imprint St Martin's Press
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 512
- Language English