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Now & Then by Jacqueline Sheehan Paperback 2009.
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Synopsis
In Sheehan's spellbinding latest (after Lost Found), former lawyer Anna O'Shea becomes a time-traveling ex-wife when she returns from a vacation in Ireland and is enlisted to pick up her brother Patrick's son from jail in Newark after Patrick is severely injured in a car accident.
Anna retrieves troublesome 16-year-old Joe and sets him up at her home, then wakes in the middle of the night to find him rummaging through her luggage. Joe's intrigued by a mysterious swath of cloth Anna picked up at a tourist trap, and when she tries to take it from him, the two are zapped back 164 years to prepotato famine Ireland.
Sheehan vividly depicts Irish-British conflicts as Anna becomes involved with an Irish smuggler's group and falls for a rebel cartographer.
Equally compelling is Joe's experience as a wrestling champ and his romance with sparky lass Taleen. Throw in loyal Irish wolfhound Madigan, and you've got an altogether enjoyable romantic adventure yarn with a heavy helping of magic.
In this stunning new novel from the "New York Times"-bestselling author of "Lost Found" comes a touching portrait of a woman struggling to reconnect with her family.
Living a dog's life...now and then Anna O'Shea has failed at marriage, shed her job at a law firm, and she's trying to re-create herself when she and her recalcitrant nephew are summoned to the past in a manner that nearly destroys them. Her twenty-first-century skills pale as she struggles to find her nephew in nineteenth-century Ireland.
For one of them, the past is brutally difficult, filled with hunger and struggle. For the other, the past is filled with privilege, status, and a reprieve from the crushing pain of present-day life. For both Anna and her nephew, the past offers them a chance at love. Will every choice they make reverberate down through time? And do Irish Wolfhounds carry the soul of the ancient celts?
The past and present wrap around finely wrought characters who reveal the road home. Mystical, charming, and fantastic, New York Times bestselling author Jacqueline Sheehan's Now & Then is a poignant and beautiful tale of a remarkable journey. It is a miraculous evocation of a breathtaking place in a volatile age filled with rich, unforgettable, deeply human characters and one unforgettable dog named Madigan.
Product Identifiers
ISBN-10 0061547786
ISBN-13 9780061547782
Key Details
Author Jacqueline Sheehan
Number Of Pages 400 pages
Format Paperback
Publication Date 2009-06-23
Language English
Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
Additional Details
Copyright Date 2009
Dimensions
Weight 9.8 Oz
Height 0.9 In.
Width 5.3 In.
Length 8 In.
Target Audience
Group Trade
Classification Method
LCCN 2009-012851
LC Classification Number PS3619.H437N69 2009
Dewey Decimal 813/.6
Dewey Edition 22