When Light Breaks

When Light Breaks

by Patti Callahan Henry
When Light Breaks

When Light Breaks

by Patti Callahan Henry

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Overview

New York Times bestselling author Patti Callahan Henry delivers a novel that explores the power of lasting love through the connected stories of two women from opposite sides of the sea.

Twenty-seven-year-old Kara Larson is bogged down in the stress of planning her elaborate wedding to a professional golfer. Still, to fulfill the requirements of the Palmetto Pointe Junior Society, she makes time in her busy schedule to visit an elderly woman at a nursing home facility. Soon she finds herself mesmerized by the singsong Irish lilt of ninety-six-year-old Maeve Mahoney as Maeve recounts the rambling story of her first love back in Ireland. Or, Kara begins to wonder, is she really retelling an ancient tale of myth and legend? Waiting for the story to unfold in bits and pieces, and trying to discern the underlying truth, Kara is drawn in--and driven to remember her own first love: childhood neighbor Jack Sullivan. Gradually she realizes that before she embarks on her new life, she must find out how her own story--with Jack--will end.

"About all the things that make us worthy as human beings--integrity, honesty, and living the life you are meant to live....A triumph!"--Dorothea Benton Frank

"A passionate, unforgettable novel of self-discovery, regret, and the illuminating power of love."--Mary Alice Monroe

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780451218346
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 05/02/2006
Pages: 304
Sales rank: 448,779
Product dimensions: 5.25(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.70(d)
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

About The Author
Patti Callahan Henry is a New York Times bestselling author whose novels include The House at Water's End, The Idea of Love, The Stories We Tell, And Then I Found You, Coming Up for Air, The Perfect Love Song, Driftwood Summer, The Art of Keeping Secrets, Between the Tides, When Light Breaks, Where the River Runs, and Losing the Moon. Short-listed for the Townsend Prize for Fiction, and nominated multiple times for the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance (SIBA) Book Award for Fiction, Patti is a frequent speaker at luncheons, book clubs, and women's groups. She lives with her husband and three children in Mountain Brook, Alabama, and is working on her next novel.

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“Patti Callahan Henry’s writing is as lush and magical as the Lowcountry she loves. Once caught in the emotional currents of her story, you’ll not be released until the last, satisfying page.”—Mary Alice Monroe, New York Times bestselling author of Sweetgrass

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