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Zusatztext 'Truly engaging to read ... a stunning family saga from the bestselling author of The Four Streets Trilogy ... This is the kind of story that you get completely wrapped up in' Bookshelf Butterfly. Informationen zum Autor Nadine Dorries grew up in a working-class family in Liverpool. She spent part of her childhood living on a farm with her grandmother and attended school in a small village in the remote west of Ireland. She trained as a nurse, then followed with a successful career in which she established and then sold her own business. She was MP for Mid Bedfordshire between 2005-2023 and served as Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, 2021-2022. She has three daughters and lives in Gloucestershire. Klappentext The FitzDeanes are wealthy. They have Ballyford Castle in Ireland and a growing shipping business in Liverpool. But Lady FitzDeane is unable to provide an heir. All of her five boys have died in infancy. There are whispers that the family is cursed--punished for a terrible mistake long buried in the past. When young Ruby Flynn, an orphan reared and educated by nuns, arrives at Ballyford to work as a nursery maid, she cannot shake the feeling that she has been there before. But when? Soon rumors and strong emotions are swirling around the beautiful girl with red hair, green eyes--and a mysterious past. Who is she really? And what will her arrival mean for this powerful family, riven by tragedy? Zusammenfassung The enthralling story of one Irish family, haunted by ancient wrongs.
