The Last Letter

The Last Letter

by Bethan Marshall
The Last Letter

The Last Letter

by Bethan Marshall

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Overview

The early 1900s was a time of change and chaos in Ireland—a time when the suffragist movement was stirring up women to fight for their rights and when the Protestants and Catholics were set against each other.
When Fred, a Protestant, falls in love with Niamh, a devout Catholic, he finds himself being exiled to America to make a place for himself as a salesman in New York. But Fred has been forced to leave much behind in Ireland, including a strict father, a weak mother, a suffragist sister, and his true love, Niamh. Determined to find a place where everyone is accepted and Protestants and Catholics can marry, Fred works to save money for Niamh's own passage to America to join him.
While Niamh waits for the day she can afford to join her love, she joins the suffragists, learning why women need to fight to be heard and questioning all she has been taught. The one thing that keeps her holding onto hope are the letters she receives from Fred through his sister, Hilda. But Niamh will have to decide to leave behind the family she loves and make a future with someone she's known for only a short time.
Based on the true love letters the author found in her family's belongings, this twentieth century Romeo and Juliet will have you rooting for an unlikely marriage and longing to read one more letter.

Product Details

BN ID: 2940185774991
Publisher: Ambassador International
Publication date: 06/27/2023
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
File size: 926 KB

About the Author

Bethan Marshall is a Senior Lecturer at King’s College London and is published extensively both journalistically and academically. She has been a columnist for The Independent and The Times Education Supplement, as well as having books published by Bloomsbury, Routledge, and the OUP. She has edited three books, including two prize-nominees, and has published over sixty peer-refereed articles and twenty book chapters. The Last Letter is her first attempt at fiction.
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