Title: Star To My Barque
Description: It was Gail Wendover's last working day before her wedding to John Siberry. Head of the Consultant Department of The Invincible Insurance Company, the seal had been set on her happiness by the suggestion that she should stay on in the Dublin branch after her marriage. John too, worked for Invincible and he was the last man she had expected to marry; in fact for some time she had labelled him as 'fun'. It was David Black whom she had regarded as her type; strong, practical and ambitious - until she realized that David's 'strength' was a disguise for despotism. Gail thought she could rely on John's love - it was his background she feared. Archdeacon and Mrs Siberry lived in Kilcurry, a village not far from Dublin, and Gail knew of John's strong attachment to his parents and his home. A career girl, she resented the 'pull' of the village and its slightly hostile attitude to her. But Gail did not truly know herself. How, in spite of mistakes and misunderstandings, she achieves better understanding and greater happiness is revealed with insight and sympathy in this first novel by an author who lives near and loves the Dublin countryside of which she writes.
Places: Dublin, Kilcurry
People: Gail Wendover, John Siberry
Time periods: 1960's