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2000s: One moment can change everything
The Promise
What you need to know before your trail
One terrible moment changes everything for teenagers Kate and David. Brought together during the darkest of times, a spark of hope is ignited between them – a hand held in the darkness, a promise whispered. Neither of them will ever forget those moments.
It’s another ten years before they meet once more, and their lives are now so different. The promise they made to each other on that fateful day still binds them, but now they have so much more to lose.
Have they missed their one chance at happiness? They only way they will ever know is to risk everything to be together. Is that too high a price to pay for love…?
Locations
Reset- Ireland (Northern Ireland) - County Tyrone
- A: Omagh Memorial Obelisk
- B: Omagh Court Office
Travel Guide
Omagh bombing
The author explains that the novel is inspired by the bombing in her own town of Omagh. In 1998, 29 people were killed when a car bomb exploded. Hundreds more were injured. This bombing was the worst atrocity in over 30 years of the Troubles.
The novel opens with a quote from John Hume, one of the biggest advocates for peace in the area, He sadly died in 2020 when the author was writing the first draft of the novel.
BookTrail Boarding Pass: The Promise
Destination/location: Omagh Author/guide: Emma Hetherington Departure Time: 2000s
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