A Kennedy Affair, Emily Hourican
A Kennedy Affair, Emily Hourican
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A Kennedy Affair
Powerful historical WW2 fiction about friendship and forbidden passion, inspired by true events

Author: Emily Hourican

Narrator: Rebecca Lee

Unabridged: 13 hr 4 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/17/2024


Synopsis

Two powerful families. A changing world.

'Hourican expertly weaves her elegant fictional magic' THE GLOSS

London, 1943: Boston-native Kathleen 'Kick' Kennedy has returned to the city she loves, hoping to reunite with Billy
Cavendish, the man she wishes to marry. But with their parents forbidding the match, London a shell of its former
self following the Blitz, and Billy facing constant danger as an officer in the British Army, their future together looks
anything but certain.

Kick's friend Lady Brigid Guinness has swapped high fashion and exclusive dinner parties for long shifts as a nurse helping wounded soldiers. And, in secret, she writes letters to a man shunned by her inner circle.

Meanwhile, wide-eyed Sissy Maddington has arrived from Ireland to visit the Guinness family, eager to explore
everything London seems to offer, and hoping never to return home.

As the three young women navigate an ever-changing city, they find themselves less sure than ever of what tomorrow will bring. Is the key to happiness leaving behind the worlds they came from, and the people in them? Or is happiness even possible, with all that lies ahead?

Praise for Emily Hourican's novels:

'A gloriously good read' Sunday Independent

'An absolute page-turner' Irish Independent

About Emily Hourican

Emily Hourican is the author of nine novels and one book of non-fiction. Her first novel, The Privileged, was published in 2016, became an instant bestseller, and was short-listed for the Best Popular Fiction Award at the Irish Book Awards that year. She then published three more works of contemporary fiction, the last of which, The Outsider, is being developed as a six-part TV series with Treasure Films, with Emily as screenwriter, supported by Screen Ireland.In 2019 she began writing historical fiction, and has since published four acclaimed, best-selling historical novels based on the Guinness and Kennedy families. Emily is also an award-winning editor and journalist with the Sunday Independent,Ireland's biggest-selling newspaper.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Mairead on October 17, 2024

A Kennedy Affair by Emily Hourican publishes today October 17th with Hachette Books Ireland. It is a tale inspired by real events and is described as ‘a powerful story of friendship, forbidden passion – and how in the worst of times we can discover the best of each other.’ I thoroughly enjoyed An In......more


Quotes

With its emotional heft ... this is the best of a very fine series Sunday Independent

Hourican expertly weaves her elegant fictional magic The Gloss