Shadows in Heaven Quotes

“Tarabeg.’ The scroll declared Tarabeg to be a place where no man would be touched by evil, a place that would be saved as heaven on earth by the protection of the word of St Patrick, who, in the writing on the scroll, said that he had found the people of Tarabeg to be the happiest, the kindest, the most godly and loving that he had met after landing on the shores of the west. That among the druids and heathens he had encountered in other lands, the people of Tarabeg had been the most welcoming of the deeper knowledge of Christ. The scroll was adorned with shamrocks, inked in St Patrick’s own hand. It described Tarabeg as a place where the Holy Ghost was present in every home, residing in its people and lifting them up to a spiritual plane enjoyed by no other community in the land. It finished with the instruction that the scroll must never leave Tarabeg. If it did, the Holy Ghost would leave with it. It must reside within the church built by the people who had converted to Christ and had erected his house near the”
― Nadine Dorries, Shadows in Heaven

“busy with people getting off the boat, is it? It’s all one-way.’ Bee reached up to take the glass of whiskey Paddy was holding out to her. ‘I’ll be back,’ she said, but in her mind she was asking herself when. Captain Bob had secured a job as a captain, meeting the cargo ships and piloting them down the Mersey into the port of Liverpool, from where they had waited, out on the bar. He had already travelled to Liverpool and found them a house close to the docks. ‘It has a kitchen,’ he’d said to Bee. ‘The range is still there, but it was damaged in the war, and there’s a new gas cooker fitted next to it.’ Bee’s mouth had dropped. ‘A gas cooker? I have no idea how to use one of those. I’ll be sticking to the fire.’ Bob had just smiled at her indulgently. He understood why the traffic from Dublin was one-way. Bee would soon discover how quickly women who left the west coast of Ireland adapted from the life their ancestors had lived for hundreds of years to all the mod cons England and America had to offer. ‘Mammy!’ Ciaran shouted from the door. Bob and Bee swivelled round in their chairs as Ciaran came in, followed by Michael, who was carrying Finnbar in his arms and had Mary Kate at his side, holding his hand. ‘God love you, come here,’ said Bee to Mary Kate, who ran over to her and allowed her to pull her up onto her knee. ‘I’ve been waiting for you.’ Captain Bob and Michael exchanged”
― Nadine Dorries, Shadows in Heaven

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― Nadine Dorries, Shadows in Heaven