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It’s 1973 and Francis Gleeson, a rookie Irish cop and his young wife move into Gillam, New York State. Having lived in New York and having a young family Lena feels a bit isolated, so she is very pleased when another young couple move next door. Brian Stanhope is a fellow cop and Lena has hopes that they will become firm friends and share the experience of bringing their children up together. But Ann Stanhope seems aloof and strange and will not enter into town life..
As the two families’ lives go down different paths a violent accident tears them apart. The tragedy means they will always be separate but also always connected. However, Peter Stanhope and Kate Gleeson, children of the two families’ have formed a bond in childhood that nothing can shake. How they try to overcome the terrible legacy and tragic consequences of their past makes for compulsive reading.
This a moving story of fractured relationships, love and ultimately, forgiveness. A brilliant read
Mary Beth Keane is an American writer of Irish parentage. She was awarded Goodreads Choice Awards Best Fiction for Ask Again, Yes