The Hamiltons Series by Anne Doughty (#1-#2, #5, #8-#9)
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Overview: ANNE DOUGHTY was born in Armagh, Northern Ireland. She is the author of twelve novels including A Few Late Roses which was longlisted for the Irish Times fiction prize. After many years living in England she returned to Belfast in 1998 and wrote the first of the novels that make up the Hamiltons series.
Genre: Historical Fiction
1. The Woman from Kerry
Rosie McGinley is seven years old when her family is evicted from their home in Donegal but this is only the first trial in her life. With her husband and four children, she confronts hardship and tragedy along with great happiness with steadfast determination to keep her family together.
2. The Hamiltons of Ballydown
Continuing the story of Rose Hamilton and her family
In the closing years of the nineteenth century the Hamilton family are enjoying new found security as the owners of their own home in Ballydown, and Rose has every reason to be happy with her lot after the years of hardship. As she watches James, Sam, Hannah and her last-born, strong-willed Sarah, setting out in life she must draw on her inner reserves of courage to face the future.
5. For Many a Long Day
Salter’s Grange, County Armagh, 1932. For Sam Hamilton and Robert Scott, the world has changed greatly since the days when they played together outside their fathers’ forge. Now in their fifties, with families of their own, they are grateful to have work at a time of mass-unemployment and little security for many of those who do have jobs. Focusing on the heartache of Sam’s younger son and namesake, and the loneliness and anxiety of Robert’s beloved youngest daughter, Ellie, For Many a Long Day is a story of courage and friendship, of disappointment and achievement, and most of all, of the final triumph of patience and love.
8. Beyond the Green Hills
The summer of 1957 is an idyllic time for Clare Hamilton, despite the loss of her beloved grandfather. She is about to embark on her final year at Queens University and she is engaged to marry her teenage sweetheart, Andrew Richardson. Together they plan for a future that will take them far beyond the green hills of Ulster to a farm in Canada. But their hopes and dreams are shattered by a family tragedy and Clare finds herself taking the Liverpool boat alone to a new destination in Paris. Within a short time she has made friends and built a successful career for herself – yet there is always a part of her that will never forget Andrew, nor the beloved landscape of her childhood.
9. Come Rain, Come Shine
1960. Clare Hamilton is returning home to Armagh to marry Andrew Hamilton, her childhood sweetheart. They plan to open Andrew’s ancestral home, Drumsollen, as a guest house. Things start well, but when bookings decline, their business and plans are put in jeopardy. And with increasing political turmoil and religious tensions close to home they have to wonder if, despite all their efforts, their project might fail…
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