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The Forgotten Secret

By: Kathleen McGurl
Narrated by: Melanie MacHugh
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Can she unlock the mysteries of the past?

A country at war

It’s the summer of 1919 and Ellen O’Brien has her whole life ahead of her. Young, in love and leaving home for her first job, the future seems full of shining possibility. But war is brewing and before long, Ellen and everyone around her are swept up by it. As Ireland is torn apart by the turmoil, Ellen finds herself facing the ultimate test of love and loyalty.

A long-buried secret

A hundred years later and Clare Farrell has inherited a dilapidated old farmhouse in County Meath. Seizing the chance to escape her unhappy marriage she strikes out on her own for the first time, hoping the old building might also provide clues to her family’s shadowy history. As she sets out to put the place – and herself – back to rights, she stumbles across a long-forgotten hiding place, with a clue to a secret that has lain buried for decades.

For fans of Kate Morton and Gill Paul comes an unforgettable novel about two women fighting for independence.

©2019 Kathleen McGurl (P)2019 HarperCollins Publishers Limited Family Life Genre Fiction Sagas Small Town & Rural Women's Fiction
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Absolutely wonderful listening gripping from the beginning. The narrator made the book come alive well worth listening to

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loved the story. kept my interest,
the reader did a nice job.will listen to more by this author.

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Kept my attention and the reader was awesome. Great story with some good history included

Great story and great reader

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This fantastic book has a somewhat confusing start. I am so glad I continued to read it. Once I got into the author's cadence, I couldn't stop reading until the end. Highly recommend.

Wow!

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Loved this book from start to finish. Brilliant story told beautifully. Couldn’t wait each day to get back to it. Thanks to a wonderful author and narrator.

Absolutely great book.

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Well done. Not many historical fiction stories about Ireland . Very interesting and well performed . Narrator brings characters to life

Good story

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EXCELLENT WRITER AND EXCELLENT READER! All her books are top quality. If you love genealogy then you will love the books by Kathleen McGurl !

The Forgotten Secret

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Enjoyed the story and the narration but both could have had more depth. Not my favorite.

Interesting but not profound

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This is a good book. It’s a great story with some history thrown in. I found myself really liking Ellen and her character.

Very Enjoyable

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The story was a great idea but the execution was simplistic and trite So much more of the historical fighting for Irish freedom and independence would have been welcomed and less about the relationship with the boys and how hilarious John was (he wasn’t).

Pass

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