A Distant Horizon, AnneMarie Brear
A Distant Horizon, AnneMarie Brear
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A Distant Horizon

Author: AnneMarie Brear

Narrator: Caroline Lennon

Unabridged: 9 hr 59 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/01/2021

Categories: Fiction, Sagas


Synopsis

Ireland, 1851. After enduring years of the devastating potato famine, Ellen Kittrick is a survivor. To put food on the table, and to stop the landowner's agent from tearing down their cottage due to unpaid rent, Ellen defies her family and works at an Englishman's manor. But with an unemployed husband, and a secretive brother-in-law wanting her for his own, she must face every challenge with new strength.
With aid coming from the unlikely source of Englishman Rafe Hamilton, Ellen leaves Ireland with what is left of her family to start again in a new country. But will the colony give her the security and happiness she longs for, especially when she has left her heart behind? Can Ellen thrive in a strange land - or has she made the greatest mistake of her life?

Reviews

Goodreads review by Mary

I absolutely loved this book❤️ From the perspective of an Irish reader this book is incredibly well researched. We start the story right in the middle of the famine in Co. Mayo with Ellen and her family. The author describes the haunting scenes that many people had become accustomed to seeing during......more

This historically accurate and heart-wrenching story follows the tumultuous road of Ellen’s life. Ellen is a strong and capable heroine who captivates the reader from the beginning. Read full review in the 2021 Summer issue of InD'tale Magazine.......more

Goodreads review by Sara

I cannot say enough how much I enjoyed this book. I read it in a day, it was the perfect book to read over a bank holiday. As a fan of historical fiction, I loved the settings and the narrative tone of the book. The author’s research into that time period in Ireland and Australia was incredibly well......more

Goodreads review by Karen

This is the first book that I have read by this author and it certainly won’t be the last. This is a well-researched historical fiction story about Ellen and her family’s struggle during the Irish potato famine. Ellen goes against her family and works for a Protestant Englishman to try to stop the la......more

Goodreads review by Nicola

What an entrance to a book the detail is beautiful completely mesmerising. Although it’s a sad start to the book with the blight. It’s wonderful to read a book based in Ireland that contains Gaelic, this has been a first for me. Instantly I felt connected to Ellen, a mother working so hard to provid......more