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- Hachette Books Ireland
Ireland, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Social & cultural history
Inspired by heartrending real events, the gripping new novel from the No. 1 bestselling author about a former nurse in an Irish mother and baby home who reunites the mothers with the babies they were forced to give up years ago.
Every baby's bracelet held a mother's secret...
Inspired by heartrending real events, the gripping new novel from No. 1 bestselling author Rachael English. Readers of Diane Chamberlain and Kathryn Hughes will love this book.
'A true storyteller who keeps you turning the pages' Cathy Kelly
For almost fifty years, Katie has kept a box of secrets.
It dates from her time working as a nurse in a west of Ireland mother and baby home, and contains a notebook with details of the babies and young women she met there. It also holds many of the babies' identity bracelets.
Following the death of her husband, Katie makes a decision she has long kept at bay. She posts a message on an internet forum, knowing that the information she possesses could help reunite adopted people with their birth mothers.
Soon, the replies are rolling in, and Katie encounters success, failure, heartache and joy as she finds herself in the role of part-detective, part-counsellor - chasing down leads, piecing together stories, and returning many of the bracelets to their original owners.
But there is one bracelet in the box that holds the key to a story that may never be told ...
The Paper Bracelet is a gripping and moving story of secrets, lies and a love that never dies.
(P) 2020 Headline Publishing Group
Praise for The Paper Bracelet
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A true storyteller who keeps you turning the pages - Cathy Kelly on The American Girl
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A cracking page-turner in the best tradition of Maeve Binchy - Patricia Scanlan on The Night of the Party
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I read [it] greedily, unable to put it down ... beautiful, compelling and sincere in the way of the very best stories and the best books - Sunday Independent on The Night of the Party
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An evocative read ... powerful ... If you read authors such as Diane Chamberlain, Sheila O'Flanagan and Maeve Binchy then you should also check this out - Between My Lines on The American Girl
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Enchanting, emotional, heartbreaking, ultimately uplifting and just perfect ... Rachael English is a wonderful storyteller - Being Anne on The American Girl
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Richly imagined and searingly empathetic, The American Girl makes for compelling reading - Sunday Business Post on The American Girl
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Compelling ... Martha and Rose are both deeply sympathetic characters, and English tells their story with compassion, insight and wit - The Irish Times on The American Girl
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[English] weaves a tale with the natural ease of a born storyteller ... I couldn't help but be reminded of Maeve Binchy for her warm style and distinctly Irish voice ... heart-breaking and uplifting all at once and I highly recommend it - RTE Culture on The American Girl
Rachael English
Rachael English is a bestselling novelist and presenter on Ireland's most popular radio show, Morning Ireland. During more than twenty years as a journalist, she has worked on most of RTE Radio's leading current affairs programmes, covering a huge range of national and international stories. The American Girl, The Night of the Party and The Paper Bracelet were all top 5 Irish bestsellers.
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