The House on Seaview Road

Description

Summertime 1983, two young girls grow up in a crumbling seafront house in Dublin in a household which revolves around their silent withdrawn father, an eminent judge. On the cusp of adulthood, Marie, the eldest, takes responsibility for her young sister Grainne, fulfilling a promise she made to her mother before she passed away. But then, one night at a school dance, something happens which changes the course of all of their lives.

Alison Walsh has worked in publishing and literary journalism for a number of years. She wrote a popular and humorous column on family life for the Irish Independent for some years, and this was followed by a memoir on motherhood, In My Mother's Shoes, which became a number-one Irish bestseller in 2010. She is a regular contributor to the Sunday Independent books pages. Alison lives in Dublin with her husband and three children. Follow her on Twitter at @authoralison or visit her website at www.alisonwalsh.net

A powerful story ... Walsh shows an innate understanding of people's lives, and the emotional truths that underpin them - Kathleen MacMahon, author of This is How it Ends, on All That I Leave Behind A brave and thought-provoking novel - Irish Independent A humane and credible story, as relevant today as in 1983 ... A good read for fans of Joanna Trollope - Sunday Independent