The flowers of Ballygrace
By: by Geraldine O'Neill
Edition: Large print ed.
Publisher: Magna; Orion; ORION
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Long Preston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 574
ISBN-13: 9780750526234; 9780752872513
Subjects: Mothers and daughters; Fiction; Canals; Nineteen fifties
Description: Raven-haired Kate Larkin lives on the banks of the Grand Canal in Ballygrace with her widowed mother, Mary, and volatile brother Brendan, who works on the barges. Her days are spent keeping house for the family with occasional nights dancing with her friends. Life changes when Brendan introduces her to a handsome young boatman, Michael O'Brien, and Kate finds love, but her safe, predictable world is shattered when a tragedy occurs, leaving the pregnant Kate and her mother in circumstances they could never have imagined.
Notes: Originally published: London: Orion.