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Informationen zum Autor Suzanne Supplee, originally from Tennessee, lives in Maryland and works as a writer and teacher. She visited Ireland on her own many years ago and highly recommends traveling solo, at least once in a lifetime. Her favorite hobbies are reading and chasing her two Jack Russell terriers. Suzanne is married and has three daughters, Cassie, Flannery, and Elsbeth. Klappentext For seventeen-year-old Delk Sinclair, studying abroad in Ireland means one thing: escape. Delk is tired of hearing about her friends' debutante parties, watching her pregnant stepmother redecorate her mother's house, and having to smile sweetly even though she doesn't think she'll ever get over losing her mother. Ireland is Delk's chance to be happy. With the stunning green landscape as backdrop, Delk revels in all things Irish, from living in a real Irish castle, to celebrating St. Paddy's Day in Galway, to enjoying Irish music and dance, to studying Yeats and shearing a sheep! So when Delk begins to fall for a very handsome Irishman, she wonders if there's more to the Emerald Isle than it first seemed. It is fun, to be sure, but will those smiling Irish eyes really be able to heal her broken heart? Application for the Students Across the Seven Seas Study Abroad Program Name: Delk Sinclair Age: 17 High School: Junior at Overton Preparatory Hometown: Nashville, Tennessee Preferred Study Abroad Destination: Connemara, Ireland Why are you interested in traveling abroad next year? Answer: I feel it is important for me to discover the world so that I can become a self-assured, self-aware young woman, and Ireland is so rich in culture and tradition and natural beauty. To me, there is no better environment in which to discover my true self and embrace the simple things in life. (Truth: I want to get away from my father’s child bride—she is only ten years older than me . Besides that, she and my father are having a baby. Connemara, take me away. Please, please, please accept me, S.A.S.S. Powers That Be!) How will traveling abroad further develop your talents and interests? The new insights I gain while studying in Ireland will help prepare me for college life and the adult world. Traveling abroad will open my eyes to new opportunities and shed light on what I might chose for a future profession. (Truth: Ireland seems like such a happy place. Maybe a little of that happiness will rub off on me.) Describe your extracurricular activities. Overton Preparatory Tennis Team Overton Preparatory Junior Class Activities and Events Cochair Overton Preparatory Sophomore Class Activities and Events Cochair Overton Preparatory Freshman Class Activities and Events Cochair West Nashville Country Club Junior Social Committee Member Booth Coordinator for Find It Now (an annual fund-raiser for kidney disease research) (Truth: As much as I look down on shallow people, I am one. Mostly, all I do is plan events and try to look hot.) Is there anything else you feel we should know about you? I lost my mother two years ago, and my goal is to live my life in a manner which would make her proud and honor her memory. (Truth: I miss my mother, and I don’t think I will ever get over losing her.) Chapter One “Hi, I’m Delk.” She smiled, extending her hand to a broad-shouldered girl who was seated on a bench under an Aer Lingus sign at the Dublin Airport. “Delk Sinclair. You’re with S.A.S.S., right?” “How’d you guess?” The girl smirked and looked down at the “Students Across the Seven Seas” logo imprinted on her wrinkled T-shirt. Delk had a top just like it, except she hadn’t worn hers yet. It’d come with the official S.A.S.S. acceptance letter. “That was kinda obvious, I guess.” Delk lau...
