The dowry
By: Walter Keady
Edition: Large print ed.
Publisher: Ulverscroft
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Leicester
Language: eng
Number of pages: 414
ISBN-13: 9781846175152
Subjects: Dowry; Fiction; Social life and customs; Manners and customs
Description: In 1946 rural Ireland, Brideen Conway lusts after Kieran McDermott but the couple cannot afford to marry. Meanwhile, wealthy publican Austin Glynn is offering a substantial dowry for any suitable mate for his homely daughter, Aideen. The competition is fierce. Father Donovan plots to acquire the dowry to enable Brideen and other young parishioners to marry and have children; Martin McDermott, the local rake, schemes to get his hands on the money without having to marry Aideen; and then there is Alphonsus Finnerty, secret author of romantic novels, who is desperately seeking a wife.
Notes: Originally published: London: Robert Hale.