Publish Date: June 28, 2011
Format: Paperback
Pages: 356
ISBN: 978 0062071538
Sweethearts since childhood, Ellie Hogan and her husband, John, are content on their farm in Ireland – until John, a soldier for the Irish Republican Army, receives an injury that leaves him unable to work. Forced to take drastic measures in order to survive, Ellie does what so many Irish women in the 1920’s have done and sails across a vast ocean to New York Coty to work as a maid for a wealthy socialite.
Once there, Ellie
is introduced to a world of opulence and sophistication, tempted by the allure
of grand parties and fine clothes, money and mansions…and by the attentions of
a charming suitor who can give her everything.
Yet her heart remains with her husband back home. And now she faces the most difficult choice
she will ever have to make; a new life in a new country full of hope and
promise, or return to a life of cruel poverty…and love.
My Thoughts
This novel started out good and pulled me right in. I loved the concept and if I were Ellie I probably would have been mesmerized by all the glitz and glamour of a big city in America if I had come from poverty ridden Ireland. But once Ellie got there and settled in she transformed into a completely different character I could hardly stand to read about. Her and her husband John decided she would travel to American and for one year then she was to return home. When you begin to part one and it's titled 1920-1024 you know it just isn't going to be a year.
What transpires over the last half of the novel is a whiny, selfish, uninspired Ellie returning to Ireland kicking and screaming. And then continues to do so for the rest of the novel. All I wanted was the be swept away in Ellie and John's love story and instead got an ungrateful Ellie.
This is the first in a trilogy and although I was not a fan of Ellie's character at the end of the first novel I am still interested in the story line and where the author intends to take her. I just feel like this novel had so much potential - I hope the next 2 redeem themselves.
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The reviews made here are my personal opinion. I’m not being paid to review any of these books. I am by no means a professional book reviewer or editor. I do this for the love of books.
The reviews made here are my personal opinion. I’m not being paid to review any of these books. I am by no means a professional book reviewer or editor. I do this for the love of books.
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