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The life of a maid in New York City in the 1920s and a film director seeking solace in Ireland in 2022 could not be more different, but their stories intersect in this beguiling dual timeline novel.
A Maid on Fifth Avenue by Sinead Crowley examines the very different lives of maid Annie Thornton and director Emer Molloy who live one hundred years apart but whose stories intersect. Told in alternating chapters, each woman is struggling to figure out where they belong in the world.
Annie, the maid, is new to New York City and working for a wealthy family. Although she eagerly awaits the letters from back home, she is excited about the possibilities her new life presents. She falls in love, but unfortunately it doesn’t work out when she discovers the troubles she thought she had sorted in Ireland have followed her to Manhattan.
Emer, the director, has fled Los Angeles with post-Covid burnout to stay at her family’s holiday home in County Kerry. While there, she decides to learn to surf and quickly falls for her handsome surf instructor (is there any other kind?) whose family history is not what it first appears.
This is the fifth novel by Crowley, the arts and media correspondent with Irish national broadcaster RTE news.
The dual timelines and contrasting lifestyles of the two main characters make this novel a historical page turner.
Maureen Stapleton
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A Maid on Fifth Avenue Synopsis
'[A] stunning novel that combines history with a fascinating mystery... Enthralling, absorbing and entirely delightful' - Jane CaseyA heart-stopping dual timeline mystery, from the bestselling author of The Belladonna Maze.In 1924, Annie, dreaming of a new life, leaves her home in Ballydrynawn, West Kerry, and boards a ship bound for New York. With Irish maids in demand, she soon finds work with the wealthy Cavendish family in their opulent Fifth Avenue mansion. Only Annie knows the secrets she left behind though and when her friendship with an Italian waitress named Elena deepens into something more passionate and dangerous for them both, Annie's past rises up to haunt her. Will be she be forced to flee again?Now, Emer arrives at her family's holiday home in Ballydrynawn. Burnt out and desperate for more, Emer has run away from her new life in LA. But even as the village begins to work its healing magic, the past refuses to stay silent.As Annie and Emer's past and future begin to intertwine in the shadows of the village's magical Fairy Tree, long buried secrets will be revealed...***Authors and readers LOVE A Maid on Fifth Avenue:'An absolute page-turner' - Liz Nugent'Utterly captivating...Sinead Crowley at the top of her game' - Andrea Mara'I highly recommend this book - I couldn't put it down!' - 5* reader review'Beautifully written... I couldn't get enough of it. Such a wonderful novel' - 5* reader review'I'm so in love with this story.... emotional, so beautifully written and I couldn't put it down' - 5* reader review.
About This Edition
| ISBN: |
9781801105705 |
| Publication date: |
24th April 2025 |
| Author: |
Sinéad Crowley |
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Aria an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) |
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Paperback |
| Pagination: |
496 pages |
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