Ashes of RosesFrom the author of That Childhood Country and A Place of Stones, a sweeping novel of exotic locations and tempestuous passions. In the beaut iful landscape of the Beara Peninsula of West Cork, Ireland, Elizabeth Sullivan is a woman whose susceptibility to romantic passions lands her in a forced marriage with a man she cannot love. |
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