The Judge's Wife
ANN O'LOUGHLIN
Description
Can a love last forever?
When Emma returns to Dublin to put her estranged father’s affairs in order, she begins to piece together the story of his life and that of Grace, the mother she never knew. She knows her father as the judge – as stern and distant at home as he was in the courtroom. But as she goes through his personal effects, Emma begins to find clues about her mother that shock her profoundly.
A tale of enduring love and scandal that begins in 1950s Dublin and unravels across decades and continents, digging up long-buried family secrets along the way, The Judge’s Wife asks whether love really can last forever.
Product Details
Published: 1st July 2016
Format: Paperback 198x129mm
Extent: 320 pages
ISBN: 9781785300516
Author
A leading journalist in Ireland for nearly thirty years, Ann O’Loughlin has covered all major news events of the last three decades. Ann spent most of her career with independent newspapers where she was Security Correspondent at the height of The Troubles, and was a senior journalist on the Irish Independent and Evening Herald. She is currently a senior journalist with the Irish Examiner newspaper covering legal issues. Ann has also lived and worked in India. Originally from the west of Ireland she now lives on the east coast in Co. Wicklow with her husband and two children. Her debut novel The Ballroom Café was a bestseller, with over 200,000 copies sold in eBook.
Reviews
"A stunning book that broke my heart, on more than one occasion. It was devastating, it was perfect and it was beautiful. I couldn’t stop thinking about the characters and their lives long after I’d read the last page. A magnificent read!"
KIM THE BOOKWORM
"Powerful with its emotion and captivating with its storytelling, The Judge’s Wife is a book that breaks your heart from the start and has you scrambling to put the pieces back together before the end"
REVIEWED THE BOOK
"A powerful and moving story, very well written with characters that are fascinating and a central theme that is quite tragic."
RANDOM THINGS THROUGH MY LETTERBOX
