- New
- York
- Times
- bestselling
- author
- Patti
- Callahan
- Henry
- delivers
- a
- novel
- that
- explores
- the
- power
- of
- lasting
- love
- through
- the
- connected
- stories
- of
- two
- women
- from
- opposite
- sides
- of
- the
- sea.Twenty-seven-year-old
- Kara
- Larson
- is
- bogged
- down
- in
- the
- stress
- of
- planning
- her
- elaborate
- wedding
- to
- a
- professional
- golfer.
- Still,
- to
- fulfill
- the
- requirements
- of
- the
- Palmetto
- Pointe
- Junior
- Society,
- she
- makes
- time
- in
- her
- busy
- schedule
- to
- visit
- an
- elderly
- woman
- at
- a
- nursing
- home
- facility.
- Soon
- she
- finds
- herself
- mesmerized
- by
- the
- singsong
- Irish
- lilt
- of
- ninety-six-year-old
- Maeve
- Mahoney
- as
- Maeve
- recounts
- the
- rambling
- story
- of
- her
- first
- love
- back
- in
- Ireland.
- Or,
- Kara
- begins
- to
- wonder,
- is
- she
- really
- retelling
- an
- ancient
- tale
- of
- myth
- and
- legend?
- Waiting
- for
- the
- story
- to
- unfold
- in
- bits
- and
- pieces,
- and
- trying
- to
- discern
- the
- underlying
- truth,
- Kara
- is
- drawn
- in—and
- driven
- to
- remember
- her
- own
- first
- love:
- childhood
- neighbor
- Jack
- Sullivan.
- Gradually
- she
- realizes
- that
- before
- she
- embarks
- on
- her
- new
- life,
- she
- must
- find
- out
- how
- her
- own
- story—with
- Jack—will
- end.**“About
- all
- the
- things
- that
- make
- us
- worthy
- as
- human
- beings—integrity,
- honesty,
- and
- living
- the
- life
- you
- are
- meant
- to
- live.…A
- triumph!”—Dorothea
- Benton
- Frank“A
- passionate,
- unforgettable
- novel
- of
- self-discovery,
- regret,
- and
- the
- illuminating
- power
- of
- love.”—Mary
- Alice Monroe**
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