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2000s -A book to read in front of a warm fire with a hearty soup and Irish music playing in the background.
The Summer Guest
What you need to know before your trail
A story of three generations of women coming together one magical summer in the small seaside town of Caracove Bay.
Lexie and her husband Sam have spent years restoring their home at 3 Cashel Square to its former glory. One day a stranger knocks on the door and asks to see the house she was born in over 60 years ago. The mysterious visitor, Kathleen, is visiting from America, and is longing to see her childhood home.. distraction from the grief of losing her husband.
Lexie and Kathleen are both struggling with loss and before long, the two women realise their unexpected friendship will touch them in ways neither could have imagined.
Travel Guide
Returning to Ireland for a three month stay, Kathleen comes home – to the very place that was home all those years ago. Imagine returning to a place you once lived, was once a part of, but now feeling like an outsider in your own world.
The home she is heading to is number 3 Cashel Square. Lexie and Sam welcome their guest with open arms. Lexie’s niece Am̗élie and her diary entries which form part of the story makes this a story which both transcends and includes many generations of one community.
Although Caracove Bay and Cashel Square are fictional, this makes the setting of the book all the more dream like and a good backdrop for a story of hope and of a mysterious stranger coming into it and changing the lives of the people there.
The overriding message seems to be that we all have our own Caracove Bay, we all need our own Caracove Bay and that the place only exists when we really need it.
Since the author lives in Bray in County Wicklow, we have put this place on the map as the literary landmark of The Summer Guest.
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