Shadows in Heaven

Description

Nadine's wonderful new novel is rooted in one of the places dearest to her heart - the west coast of Ireland. In post-war Tarabeg, two women are waiting for ambitious Michael Malone to return home. Rosie is the local schoolteacher and most people think she is promised to him. Just a few have guessed that he has secretly begun to woo Sarah, whose brutal fisherman father would kill her if he knew. Both Rosie and Sarah love Michael, both hope to become his wife and their lives will interweave in a tale of tangled secrets, old promises and new feuds. Michael Malone's choice will have fateful consequences for everyone - especially, in due course, for his young daughter. This is the first in a new sequence of novels with a brilliant new cast of characters and a story that will lead to Liverpool in Mary Kate and back to Ireland in The Seven Acres.

Nadine Dorries grew up in a working-class family in Liverpool and spent a great deal of time in Mayo with her Irish grandmother. She trained as a nurse and has been the MP for Mid-Bedfordshire since 2005. She has three daughters.

PRAISE FOR NADINE DORRIES: 'As heart-warming as it is heartbreaking, this novel is unputdownable' Sunday Express. 'A funny and sometimes shocking saga. I couldn't put it down' Cristina Odone. 'Angela's Ashes with a scouse accent' Irish Times.