Welcome to Ballycove, the home of Corrigan Mills...
Set against the backdrop of the beautiful Irish countryside the famed mills have created the finest wool in all of Ireland. Run by the seemingly perfect Corrigan family, but every family has its secrets, and how the mills came to be the Corrigan's is one of them...
Miranda
and her husband
were never meant to own the mills, until one fateful day catapults
them into a life they never thought they'd lead.
Ada
has forever
lived her life in her sister's shadow. Wanting only to please her
mother and take her place as the new leader of the mill, Ada might
just have to take a look at what her heart really wants.
Callie
has a
flourishing international career as a top designer and a man who
loves her dearly, she appears to have it all. When a secret is
revealed and she's unceremoniously turfed out of the design world,
Callie might just get what's she's been yearning for. The chance to
go home.
Simon
has always
wanted more. More money, more fame, more notoriety. The problem
child. Simon has made more enemies than friends over the years, and
when one of his latest schemes falls foul he'll have to return to the
people who always believe in him.
Ballycove
isn't just a town in the Irish countryside. It isn't just the base of
the famous mills. It's a place to call home.
Best-selling author, Faith Hogan returns with a family tale of love, loss, secrets and finding yourself.
What did I think?
Faith Hogan has done it again! The Place We Call Home is another outstanding book from this amazingly talented Irish author (she writes crime now too, don't you know!). Faith Hogan's books always draw me in completely and make me feel like I'm part of the family, and never more so than in this family saga of the Corrigans of Ballycove.
It's like a complete family history as we meet the present day owner of Corrigan Mills, septuagenarian Miranda Corrigan, and flash back to her childhood when the mills were owned by local landowners, The Blairs. Miranda and Richard Blair become close friends one long hot summer and there's a definite spark between them that suggests they could become more than friends, but fate has other plans in store for Miranda.
Now you would think that Miranda became owner of the mills due to her relationship with Richard Blair, but it's a much more interesting and emotional story than that. Faith Hogan writes so vividly and emotively that I felt as if I was looking at Ballycove through Miranda's eyes and feeling every emotion that she felt. The characters are so full of life that I had to keep reminding myself that they weren't real people and I didn't really know them as well as I felt I did.
I don't want to spoil the story by giving away any of the plot so all I'll really say is that it is a family drama that puts Coronation Street writers to shame. There's jealousy and envy, unrequited love, money troubles and family secrets just waiting to be spilled; more than enough drama without needing to have a body buried under the patio. Even with so much going on, the pacing is very gentle; like waves lapping against the shore but each time the tide goes out, a little more of the family history is revealed.
The Place We Call Home is a book filled with love; first love, mother's love and some love from Faith, as undoubtedly a little piece of Faith Hogan's heart has been woven into the very pages of this beautiful heartwarming book.
I chose to read an ARC and this is my honest and unbiased opinion.
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About the author:
Faith Hogan is an Irish award-winning and bestselling author of five contemporary fiction novels. Her books have featured as Book Club Favorites, Net Galley Hot Reads and Summer Must Reads. She writes grown up women's fiction which is unashamedly uplifting, feel good and inspiring.
Faith's latest book, The Place We Call Home is published in January 2020.
She writes crime fiction as Geraldine Hogan - Her Sisters Bones is available now!
Faith gained an Honours Degree in English Literature and Psychology from Dublin City University and a Postgraduate Degree from University College, Galway.
She is currently working on her next novel. She lives in the west of Ireland with her husband, four children and a very busy Labrador named Penny. She's a writer, reader, enthusiastic dog walker and reluctant jogger - except of course when it is raining!
You can find out more about Faith on her website www.faithhogan.com
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