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The novel follows Molly Hassard, a young woman who has grown up in the dower house of Dromore in 1960s Ireland. Caught up in the peculiar world of Anglo-Irish tradition, Molly sees that their society is in decline. She decides to escape the beauty and painful memories of Ireland for the modern luxury and easy life in London. As she adjusts to the 1960s, Molly discovers that coming-of-age means not merely growing up, but coming to find her place between the romance of tradition and the allure of the new.
First publish date: 1998
Genre: Historical Fiction/20th Century Historical Fiction
Authors: Annabel Davis-Goff
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