The Summer Visitors
A heart-warming story about love, second chances and moving on
Published on 4. May 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
384 pages
978-1-4736-4781-7 (ISBN)
Description
'Escape to the back garden for an engrossing summer read' Irish Independent
'Grown-up, intelligent fiction. She just gets better and better.' Cathy Kelly
Welcome to Ballyanna, a small seaside town on the west coast of Ireland ...
American documentary maker Daniel O'Connell is renting the beautiful Cable Lodge for the summer. He's hoping that three months researching an old cable station in a remote village on the south-west coast of Ireland will help him and his traumatised son finally move on from the accident that killed his wife.
Meanwhile local hotel owner's daughter Annie Sullivan has communication problems of her own to deal with. Home on sabbatical from her life in London, she's keeping a secret from her dysfunctional family and trying to save them and the hotel from their latest drama.
As summer draws to a close in Ballyanna, both Dan and Annie are forced to confront the pasts they've been escaping. But will they be able to grasp the future that lies ahead?
The Summer Visitors is a heart-warming story about love, second chances and moving on.
'Grown-up, intelligent fiction. She just gets better and better.' Cathy Kelly
Welcome to Ballyanna, a small seaside town on the west coast of Ireland ...
American documentary maker Daniel O'Connell is renting the beautiful Cable Lodge for the summer. He's hoping that three months researching an old cable station in a remote village on the south-west coast of Ireland will help him and his traumatised son finally move on from the accident that killed his wife.
Meanwhile local hotel owner's daughter Annie Sullivan has communication problems of her own to deal with. Home on sabbatical from her life in London, she's keeping a secret from her dysfunctional family and trying to save them and the hotel from their latest drama.
As summer draws to a close in Ballyanna, both Dan and Annie are forced to confront the pasts they've been escaping. But will they be able to grasp the future that lies ahead?
The Summer Visitors is a heart-warming story about love, second chances and moving on.
Reviews / Votes
This beautifully crafted novel is all about communication and its immeasurable impact, for good or ill, on humankind * Sunday Independent *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Castleknock
Ireland
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 231 mm
Width: 150 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
476 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4736-4781-7 (9781473647817)
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E-Book
05/2017
Hachette Books Ireland
€4.49
Available for download
Person
Fiona O'Brien left an award-winning career in advertising to write full time. None of My Affair, No Reservations, Without Him, The Love Book and The Summer Visitors have all been bestselling novels. She lives in Sandymount, Dublin.