Sisters of Belfast : a novel / Melanie Maure.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Maure, Melanie, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sisters--Fiction.

Sisters.

Twins--Fiction.

Twins.

Orphans--Fiction.

Orphans.

Nuns--Fiction.

Nuns.

Estranged families--Fiction.

Estranged families.

Family secrets--Fiction.

Family secrets.

Self-realization in women--Fiction.

Self-realization in women.

Belfast (Northern Ireland)--Fiction.

Belfast (Northern Ireland).

Newfoundland and Labrador--Fiction.

Newfoundland and Labrador.

Northern Ireland--Fiction.

Northern Ireland.

Genre:

Novels.

Fiction

Novels

Historical fiction.

Physical Description:

309 pages ; 21 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Harper, [2024]

Summary:

"Orphaned during the Second World War, Aelish and Isabel McGuire--known as the twins of Belfast--are given over to the austere care of the Sisters of Bethlehem. Though they are each all the other has, the girls are propelled in opposite directions as they grow up. Rebellious Isabel turns her back on the church and Ireland, traveling to Newfoundland where she pursues a perilous yet independent life. Devout Aelish chooses to remain in Northern Ireland and takes the veil, burying painful truths beneath years of silence. For decades the two are separated, each unaware of the other's life. But after years of isolation Aelish is unexpectedly summoned to Newfoundland, where she and her estranged sister begin to bridge the chasm between them. Reunion brings to light the painful secrets and seismic deceptions that have kept these sisters apart, leaving the McGuire twins to begin reconstructing their understanding about themselves as women and as family--what they know of love, hope, and above all, forgiveness."-- Provided by publisher.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Beardwood Fund bookplate.

ISBN:

9780063341555

0063341557

OCLC:

1401005082