Book description
In an unforgettable saga of survival, motherhood, sisterhood, and the secrets that haunt us, one desperate decision creates a fault line that spans decades and threatens to break a family wide open.
In 1946, two German sisters, child refugees in a program dubbed Operation Shamrock, arrive in Ireland to live…
Why read it?
1 author picked Westerly as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
What often looms as large as a given trauma is the burden of keeping it a secret, and I love this book for its gentle exploration of how that burden manifests, repeats, and reverberates through three generations of women.
Faye’s complicated and beautiful story would be enough to carry an entire novel, but Faye inadvertently teaches her daughters to bury their own self-doubts and shame, creating an echo of hurt and healing that took my breath away.
These three women were very real to me, and I was so attached to each of them by the end of the book…
From Katherine's list on women confronting past trauma and coming out stronger.
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