Erin’s Child
Erin’s Child by Sheelagh Kelly is a historical fiction novel published by HarperCollins in 1999, featuring 704 pages in English. This third installment in the ‘Feeney’ saga explores the lives of the Feeney family in 1875, as they navigate the challenges of their past while striving for a better future. The narrative follows Patrick, a man of simple tastes, and his wife Thomasin, whose ambitions clash with their family’s struggles, including the loss of a son and the trials faced by their granddaughter Rosanne.
Readers will find a rich tapestry of family life, romance, and the historical context of 20th-century Yorkshire. The story delves into the complexities of relationships as the Feeneys confront their tragedies and seek solace in their remaining family members, including Nick, who holds everyone’s secrets, and Belle, Erin’s daughter, who faces her own difficulties. As the characters grapple with their past, the narrative hints at the possibility of hope and renewal, culminating in Patrick’s return to the hills of Ireland after decades.
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The third novel in Sheelagh Kelly’s bestselling ‘Feeney’ saga is now reissued as a HarperCollins Paperback.
By the year 1875, the Feeneys have left the squalor of the slums far behind them, yet the spectre of tragedy still stalks their path. Patrick remains the simple man of simple tastes, out of sympathy with Thomasin’s ambition to expand her business empire still further across Yorkshire’s broad acres. They have already lost a son to a fiery death, when their granddaughter Rosanne follows a rebel lover down a star-crossed road. Now they must look to their other grandchildren – Nick, a cool young man who’s privy to everone’s secrets, and Erin’s daughter Belle, who has problems of her own – to fill the wide chasm of sadness… When the clouds crack open with a shaft of sunlit hope, Patrick Feeney has come full circle, home to the hills of Ireland half a century on.
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