Ipswich, Mon Amour

A family secret buried for generations is about to send 23-year-old Nora Mahoney on the quest of her life. The story opens when her life as a snowboard instructor in Sun Valley, ID, and her first serious adult relationship are both crashing and burning. In the aftermath, she visits her grandmother in Ipswich, MA. There she finds inspiration and a new purpose in the family tradition of farming, something her mother rejected. Bringing the family farm back to life becomes an obsession for Nora. She struggles as a newbie, in part because she suffered the loss of her right hand as a child. But she deals with the challenges and finds a new sense of community among her neighboring farmers. With one of them, Nora attempts to rekindle a same-sex romance from her teenage summers in the seaside town. When she learns of unanswered questions surrounding her French origins, the mystery leads Nora to Paris and a magical encounter with the world of death, then to southern France, where she makes a startling discovery that solves the century-old puzzle. On her return, an unexpected event pits Nora’s interests against her mother’s. It also puts the fate of the family legacy, and Nora’s future, in jeopardy. Nora’s story is a quest for redemption, not only for herself and a lost flame, but for generations of her family.
ASIN: 0983984670
VSKU: BVV.0983984670.A
Condition: Acceptable
Author/Artist:Burke, Stephen
Binding: Paperback
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Condition Notes: The item is very worn but is perfectly usable. Signs of wear can include aesthetic issues such as scratches, dents, worn and creased covers, folded page corners and minor liquid stains. All pages and the cover are intact, but the dust cover may be missing. Pages may include moderate to heavy amount of notes and highlighting, but the text is not obscured or unreadable. Page edges may have foxing age related spots and browning . May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.