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Only the heart knows where home is. Ellis O’Donovan was an American through and through. He had no intention of going to his ancestral home in Ireland. After all, his parents were chased out by the English. But his mother insists on being taken back to die at her old estate, Kilpara. Ellis reluctantly agrees, expecting a quick round trip. Kilpara and its residents have other plans. The strife Ellis finds between his desire to return to his life in America, and to aid his kin in Ireland reaches a dangerous pinnacle when he meets Morrigan, the daughter of the very English overlord who has taken his birthright.
Kilpara, by Patricia Hopper- Amazon Sales Rank: #5548684 in Books
- Published on: 2015-05-18
- Original language: English
- Dimensions: 8.00" h x .79" w x 5.25" l,
- Binding: Paperback
- 350 pages
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Superb storytelling! By Daniel A Willis I cannot over state the quality of the writing and the story telling of this book. Ms. Hopper does a wonderful job of taking you right there with the characters as the story plays out. This is one of the novels that defies genre categorization. It is set in the 19th century so by definition is historical, but also has some romance elements to it, but is written as literary fiction.This being a debut novel, I hope we can expect more great writing from Patricia Hopper!
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Readers with a nostalgic longing for family sagas of the past... By larryoldboy Readers with a nostalgic longing for the bygone days of family sagas, when quixotic events brought couples together in unexpected ways, will not be disappointed by this novel's unfolding in nineteenth-century America and Ireland. 26-year-old Ellis O'Donovan is pleased by post-Civil War prospects for romance and riches, especially after the grim days of death and despair that overhang all. When this shimmering image of a bright future is suddenly cut short by the wish of his dying mother to be escorted back to her homeland to die, Ellis is beside himself with emotional torment. To leave behind his comfortable abode and career opportunities in Baltimore, not to mention his romance with an experienced, worldly woman, only to sail off to the distant, strange Old World of 1860s Ireland along with his tubercular mother, serves to compound the grief of the recent war with the depressing demands of the present. Ellis is forced to resign himself to this mission of mercy, not knowing, not even guessing, that this long detour from his dreams wll betoken a remarkable journey of self-discovery once their ship arrives in Galway, Ireland. The events accelerate from there -- and this debut novel by Patricia Hopper introduces a steady hand at story development -- where now the past history of a family's lost estate becomes the spur to determined action and an unexpected romance that challenges Ellis O'Donovan to step up as never before.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Captivating Journey Back in Time By Laura Bentley Kilpara takes the reader on a captivating journey after the Civil War from Maryland to Galway, Ireland. Ellis O'Donovan, a handsome and intelligent young man with a roving eye for beautiful women, grants his mother her dying wish to return her to her ancestral home, Kilpara, in Ireland where she wants to be buried after her death. Ellis discovers his homeland in the process and falls in love with it. This story is told with historical accuracy, and readers will feel as if they are there at the O'Donovan's country estate of Stonebridge in Maryland as well as Kilpara in Ireland. Two beautiful thoroughbred horses, Brazenhead and Pandora, add to the excitement and play a key role in the story. I lived in Williamsport and Hagerstown for a few years as a child, and my father went to law school in Baltimore, so I was caught up in the landscape almost immediately. Then when Ellis takes his mother on to Galway, I identified once again since my grandfather was born in Galway and I've traveled there. Be prepared to journey back in time. You'll be yearning for more!
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