The Girl Across the Sea, Noelle Harrison
The Girl Across the Sea, Noelle Harrison
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The Girl Across the Sea

Author: Noelle Harrison

Narrator: Esther Wane

Unabridged: 11 hr 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 05/17/2022


Synopsis

"I need you to find out what happened to my mother. The woman who sent me across the sea to Ireland. And never came to find me."

Mairead's world is falling apart. Recently separated, she has returned to her beautiful childhood home in Ireland to nurse her dying mother. But as Brigid sits pale and papery thin, looking out over the Atlantic Ocean, she has one last request for her only daughter . . .

Brigid hands Mairead a stunning turquoise necklace and a small black-and-white photograph of her mother, Ellen, a woman she never met. She begs Mairead to go to New York, the last place Ellen was seen alive, and find out what became of her. Mairead cannot ignore her mother's dying wish.

But when Mairead arrives in America, she is shocked by the secrets she uncovers. In an old church in Arizona she discovers her grandmother was a wanted woman in Ireland, accused of murder. What lies in her family's past? And what does the turquoise necklace mean?

As she digs deeper, the trail leads Mairead to a small mossy graveyard in Ireland where she might finally learn the truth. But if she does, will she re-open old wounds, and put her own future into terrible danger?

About Noelle Harrison

Noelle Harrison is an Irish author who's been writing novels and plays for nearly thirty years. Her first novel, Beatrice, was published in August 2004 and was a bestseller in Ireland. This was followed by A Small Part Of Me in 2005, I Remember in 2008, The Adulteress in 2010, The Secret Loves of Julia in 2012, The Gravity of Love in 2018, and The Island Girls in 2020.

Her books have been published in over twelve different countries. She is also published under the pen name Evie Blake, and her Valentina trilogy hit the Der Spiegel Bestseller List in 2013.

In 2014 she was one of fifty-six Irish writers included in the anthology and exhibition Lines of Vision Irish Writers on Art at the National Gallery of Ireland, and published by Thames & Hudson.

She has also written five plays: Northern Landscapes, Black Virgin, Runaway Wife, The Good Sister, and Witches' Gets, which featured in Cymera and Audacious Women Festivals in Edinburgh to sell out houses.

She currently lives in Edinburgh in Scotland, and is one of the founders of Aurora Writers' Retreats, and part of the wellness hub The Space To BE.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Robin Loves on November 13, 2021

Two time frames. Two different women. 1933 and present-day. Ellen and Mairead. What connects the women and how does this sensitive story connect events of the past with more modern times. Without a doubt Ellen and Mairead are connected. But how? Back in 1933 things had been going well for Ellen and h......more

Goodreads review by Cindy on October 19, 2021

Wow! Keep a box of tissues close by as The Girl Across The Sea is a heart-wrenching complex story that will move, mesmerise, melt and break you. This tale of sacrifice, difficult circumstances and the need for healing and transformation, starts with one generation but spans across many as secrets an......more

Goodreads review by Heather on August 11, 2022

I love the front cover of this novel and it started well, but I felt the plot became rather contrived and the ending was rushed. Ellen and Mairead made stupid decisions, especially Mairead who frustrated me once she hooked up with Kyle, and that's when the author lost me. Once more I am going agains......more

Goodreads review by Stanley on January 19, 2023

Read my full review on Rosepoint Publishing. Ellen Lavelle abandons her husband and daughter on the ship when she realizes she can’t return to Ireland as she harbors a dark secret she hasn’t shared. In the telling of the multi-plotted generational timeline, we are gradually fed the tragic story of E......more

Goodreads review by Alison/Tony King on April 05, 2022

Far too convoluted I kept reading till the end but only by skipping chunks at a time. I found the story far too convoluted, too complicated.. While I know many of the historical facts are true they didn't transfer well into the story. Had I a paper copy this is definitely not one I'd rush to share wi......more