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Beyond the Green Hills Anne Doughty

Beyond the Green Hills By Anne Doughty

Beyond the Green Hills by Anne Doughty


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Summary

The summer of 1957 is the happiest of times for Clare Hamilton, despite a recent loss. She will shortly embark on her final year at Queens University, Belfast, and she is engaged. But her hopes and plans are shattered by a family tragedy, and Clare finds herself taking the Liverpool boat alone, to a new destination of Paris.

Beyond the Green Hills Summary

Beyond the Green Hills by Anne Doughty

The sequel to On a Clear Day, which continues the enchanting story of Clare Richardson; Clare, now aged 20 and blossoming into a beautiful young woman, is looking forward to her final year at university, and to the return of her childhood sweetheart Andrew to Ulster. After a happy summer together they become engaged, and the future looks bright. But when Clare and Andrew's romance ends in disappointment and shattered dreams, she determines to make a new life on her own. Following in the footsteps of so many of her fellow countrymen, she takes the Liverpool boat and from there goes to Paris. Life 'beyond the green hills' is exciting and stimulating, but it brings with it the realization that she will only ever be at home in her beloved Ireland.

About Anne Doughty

Anne Doughty was born in Armagh. She is the author of A Few Late Roses (longlisted for the Irish Times fiction prize), Stranger in the Place and Summer of the Hawthorn. After many years in England she returned to Belfast in 1998 and wrote the first of a series of stand-alone novels that make up the Hamiltons sequence.

Additional information

GOR007159553
9780749019815
0749019816
Beyond the Green Hills by Anne Doughty
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Allison & Busby
20151022
380
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