About The Book
1951, Ireland
On the windswept Cork coast, the lighthouse-keepers’ wives wait, watching the sea. Their husbands are coming home. But one secret can never be revealed.
2023, Maine
Decades later, Mollie Kenefick, receives an anonymous note: Family secrets never stay buried. Of the four keepers’ wives, only Mollie’s grandmother is still alive – however she made a vow that she swore never to break.
But someone knows what happened that summer in 1951, and it seems they’re not happy keeping silent.
About the Author…
USA Today and Irish Times bestseller Carmel Harrington lives in Wexford with her family & rescue dog. This is her tenth novel. Other bestselling novels include My Pear-Shaped Life, A Thousand Roads Home, The Woman at 72 Derry Lane, The Moon Over Kilmore Quay, A Mother’s Heart and the ITV commissioned novel, Cold Feet The Lost Years.
Carmel’s trademark is to write warm, uplifting stories with humour, heart and hope. She loves to write about family, friendships, love and life within complex, twisting plots. Carmel’s novels have been shortlisted twice for an Irish Book Award and her debut won Kindle Book of the Year and Romantic eBook of the Year in 2013. Carmel is also a regular on Irish TV screens, as a panellist on Virgin Media’s Elaine show and is co-founder of The Inspiration Project, a coaching and writing retreat.
