Why a Booktrail?
2000s: More than sixty years later, a woman returns from Australia returns to her Irish homeland
The Trip of a Lifetime
What you need to know before your trail
The wilful and eccentric Lola Quinlan is off on the trip of a lifetime, taking her beloved granddaughter and great-granddaughter with her. More than sixty years after emigrating to Australia, she’s keeping a secret promise to return to her Irish homeland.
Lola has always been her family’s port in a storm, but she’s hiding the hurtful reason she left Kildare as a young woman. Lola’s walk down memory lane will force her to confront her bittersweet past – and discover that the truth can indeed set you free . .
Locations
Reset- Ireland - County Kildare
- A: Ballymore Eustace - Main Street
- B: Ballymore Eustace - River Liffey
- Australia - SA
- C: Clare Valley
Travel Guide
Ireland – Ballymore Eustace
Ballymore Eustace is Lolas village – (An Baile Mór in Irish) is a small town situated in County Kildare
The town’s name, which is frequently shortened to “Ballymore” A fuller version of the town’s official name in Irish is Baile Mór na nIústasach (“big town of the Eustaces”).
Australia – Clare Valley wine region
“The Clare Valley seemed like a nice place to live. Lots of community sprit, Lively politics.”
You can imagine why the author didn’t mind setting the book in Clare Valley. The wine is well known across Australia. Monica, 50, grew up in a family of seven children in the Clare Valley wine region of South Australia, where her father was the railway stationmaster and her mother worked in the local library
Streetview Maps
C) Ireland - Kildare - Ballymore Eustace
D) Australia -SA - Clare Valley
Booktrail Boarding Pass: The Trip of a Lifetime
Destination: Clare Valley, Ballymore Eustace Author/Guide: Monica McInerney Departure Time: 2000s
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