Torontonian Joy Fielding weaves a psychological thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat in her latest novel, Now You See Her. A letter from her daughter Devon and an upturned canoe found on Georgian Bay sends fifty-year old Macy’s life into a downward spiral. However, no body was ever found resulting in Macy frequently ‘sighting’ her daughter. She becomes convinced, while on vacation in Ireland, that her daughter is alive after seeing her walking along the streets of Cork. Peppered with the history of Ireland, the story is a bit of a stop-and-go tale with a roller coaster ending.
Karen Harper’s newest historical novel, The Irish Princess, is the story of a would-be Irish princess who is forced from her homeland and thrust into King Henry VIII's treacherous Tudor court. From the back cover: Born into a first family of Ireland, with royal ties on both sides, Elizabeth Fitzgerald--known as Gera--finds her loving, carefree world overturned when tyrant Henry VIII imprisons her father, the Earl of Kildare, and brutally destroys her family. From County Kildare's lush green fields to London's rough-and-tumble streets and the royal court's luxurious pageantry, The Irish Princess follows the journey of a daring woman whose will cannot be tamed, and who won't be satisfied until she restores her family to its rightful place in Ireland.
Author Patrick Taylor, M.D., was born and raised in Bangor County Down in Northern Ireland. After qualifying as a specialist in 1969, Dr. Taylor worked in Canada for thirty-one years. He now divides his time between Canada and Ireland. Fans of Jan Karon's U.S.-based Mitford books as well as readers who adore novels set in rural Ireland will enjoy Taylor’s series of books. Taylor's fifth novel about the life of an Irish country doctor in Ballybucklebo, set on the cusp of 1965, is a warm, friendly tale about an idealized way of life. Dr. Fingal Flaherty O'Reilly, the local GP, tries to balance the needs of his patients with many personal demands. A wonderful sense of place and Taylor's authentic medical experience help compensate for an undercurrent of outdated gender roles.
For the younger set, The Hunger by Carol Drinkwater, is part of the My Story series of historical fiction for young adults. It's 1845 and blight has destroyed the precious potato crop leaving Ireland starving. Phyllis works hard to support her struggling family, but when her mother's health deteriorates she sets off in search of her rebel brother and is soon swept up in the fight for a free and fair Ireland.
From the cover of Sanctuary Line: Set in the present day on a farm at the shores of Lake Erie, Jane Urquhart's stunning new novel weaves elements from the nineteenth-century past, in Ireland and Ontario, into a gradually unfolding contemporary story of events in the lives of the members of one family that come to alter their futures irrevocably. There are ancestral lighthouse-keepers, seasonal Mexican workers; the migratory patterns and survival techniques of the Monarch butterfly; the tragedy of a young woman's death during a tour of duty in Afghanistan; three very different but equally powerful love stories. Jane Urquhart brings to vivid life the things of the past that make us who we are, and reveals the sometimes difficult path to understanding and forgiveness.
May your blessings outnumber the shamrocks that grow, and may trouble avoid you wherever you go. Enjoy your St. Patrick’s Day—one day of the year when everyone is a little bit Irish!
Children and parents are invited to come to the Port Carling branch library this week during March Break to create their very own one of a kind Make and Take Craft. A great variety of craft supplies will be available to get those creative crafty ideas flowing! Drop in during regular library hours and see what you can create!
Muskoka Chautauqua Reading Circle is pleased to announce the launch of their 2011 Book List. The launch will take place at the Port Carling Branch of the Muskoka Lakes Public Library, 69 Joseph St., Port Carling, Ontario at 11:00 am on April 2, 2011. The launch of the 2011 Book List will be the first Muskoka Chautauqua Reading Circle Event for 2011. On the weekend of June 3-5, 2011, Muskoka Chautauqua and Muskoka Chautauqua Reading Circle will hold the signature event of 2011, Literary Weekend with Linden MacIntyre and Friends. The program theme is Secrets and Guilt in Literature and the Media, and features some of our most gifted authors and personalities recognized the world over for their talent and depth of enquiry. For more information contact www.muskokachautauqua.ca or call 705-765-1048.
The Book Club meets in the afternoon on the last Tuesday of every month from September through April. March’s selection is Stones Into Schools by Greg Mortenson. All welcome!
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