Showing results by author "Geraldine O'Neill" in Literary Fiction

Having lost her mother at a young age, Maria Conti is close to her father, Leo, who owns an Italian restaurant, Leonardo’s. Secretly, however, she worries over Leo's drinking and gambling binges. Maria has no one to advise her as Leo's family is in Italy and her mother's family in Ireland rejected her when she married a foreigner. Then Leo is tragically killed. In the dark days that follow it emerges that he has left them deeply in debt. Maria has no choice but to turn to her estranged Irish family.

Late 1960s, Tullamore, County Offaly. Life is full of exciting possibilities for Fiona Tracey as she prepares to leave Ireland to work for a wealthy family in New York. Then a sudden tragedy forces Fiona to postpone her departure. As her mother sinks into illness and depression, Fiona's responsibilities mount, and she uncovers information which explodes old family secrets....