An Irish Country Girl

Author : Patrick Taylor

Publisher : Doherty, Tom Associates, LLC

Published Year : 9/25/2012

Edition : Reprint

Format : Mass Market Paperback - Mass Market Paperback, 384 pages

Subject : Canadian Fiction, Irish Fiction, European Peoples & Cultures - Fiction & Literature, Occupations - Fiction

Dimensions : 4.10 (w) x 6.70 (h) x 1.10 (d)

ISBN : 0765369273

ISBN13 : 9780765369277

Overview :

Readers of Patrick Taylor’s books know Mrs. Kinky Kincaid as the unflappable housekeeper who looks after two frequently frazzled doctors in the colourful Irish village of Ballybucklebo. She is a trusted fixture in the lives of those around her, and it often seems as though Kinky has always been there.

Nothing could be farther from the truth.

Some forty-odd years before and many miles to the south, the girl who would someday be Kinky Kincaid was Maureen O’Hanlon, a farmer’s daughter growing up in the emerald hills and glens of County Cork. A precocious girl on the cusp of womanhood, Maureen has a head full of dreams, a heart open to romance, and something more: a gift for seeing beyond the ordinary into the mystic realm of fairies, spirits, and even the dreaded Banshee, whose terrifying wail she first hears on a snowy night in 1922. . . .

As she grows into a young woman, Maureen finds herself torn between love and her fondest aspirations, for the future is a mystery even for one blessed with the sight. Encountering both joy and sorrow, Maureen at last finds herself on the road to Ballybucklebo---and the strong and compassionate woman she was always destined to become.

An Irish Country Girl is another captivating tale by Patrick Taylor, a true Irish storyteller.