Celestial Land and Sea
Amy McLean
- Nine
- years
- after
- moving
- from
- Belfast
- to
- London,
- Grace
- Byrne
- wonders
- whether
- or
- not
- she
- made
- the
- right
- decision.
- She
- finds
- little
- satisfaction
- in
- working
- for
- the
- Anchor
- news
- team,
- and
- the
- eternal
- bitterness
- of
- her
- boss
- doesn't
- make
- it
- any
- easier.
- The
- only
- positive
- thing
- about
- being
- stuck
- in
- the
- office
- every
- day
- is
- Andy,
- with
- whom
- she
- has
- been
- smitten
- since
- first
- joining
- the
- Anchor
- team.
- After
- a
- less
- than
- comfortable
- conversation
- with
- her
- boss’s
- assistant,
- Grace
- returns
- to
- her
- flat
- in
- Hampstead
- contemplating
- whether
- she
- herself
- might
- be
- the
- real
- cause
- of
- her
- dissatisfaction.Her
- modest
- flat
- is
- her
- sanctuary;
- yet
- when
- Grace
- returns
- home
- exhausted
- on
- a
- particularly
- blustery
- evening,
- she
- discovers
- a
- door
- in
- her
- home
- that
- she's
- certain
- she
- has
- never
- seen
- before.
- Rife
- with
- curiosity,
- she
- opens
- the
- door,
- takes
- one
- tentative
- step,
- and
- falls
- into
- an
- abyss,
- leaving
- behind
- her
- home
- in
- Hampstead
- and
- landing
- inside
- a
- pirate
- ship
- on
- Clare
- Island,
- Mayo.As
- Grace
- begins
- to
- unravel
- what
- has
- happened
- to
- her,
- she
- learns
- that
- she
- must
- now
- walk
- in
- the
- boots
- of
- Gráinne
- O'Malley,
- the
- notorious
- sixteenth-century
- female
- Irish
- pirate.
- At
- first,
- the
- reasons
- for
- this
- trans-migration
- and
- identity
- exchange
- are
- not
- clear,
- but
- Grace
- accepts
- her
- mission
- to
- follow
- in
- Gráinne's
- footsteps.Cast
- into
- the
- drama
- of
- a
- revolt
- against
- Queen
- Elizabeth
- I,
- Grace
- finds
- her
- courage,
- her
- inherent
- sense
- of
- purpose,
- her
- distant
- heritage,
- her
- present-day
- raison
- d’etre,
- and
- of
- course
- love.
- Celestial
- Land
- and
- Sea
- transports
- readers
- to
- the
- generational
- source
- of
- our
- shared
- heritage,
- and
- of
- our
- recurring
- challenges
- and
- our
- transcendent triumphs.
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