The Time Of Promises
(Patricia Scanlan)
Ireland, the 1960's... between the weight of tradition and the sirens of modernity, three young women seeking emancipation. Ellen Munroe has lived her youth to both ends, as a modern girl, freed. At twenty nine, it's love at first sight. But the attractive Chris Wallace lies to her, cheats on her then leaves her when he finds out she's pregnant. Crushed by this abandonment, Ellen must also endure the ostracism to which is submitted a single woman in a small suburban town....
Emma, her sister- in- law, discovers she's pregnant when she returns from her honey-moon. Panic! Used to a luxurious existence, frivolous and without constraint, she is not ready to assume the responsibility of a baby so soon...
As for Miriam, she's happy with Ben who has given her the tenderness from which she was deprived as a child. In her thirties, she cannot help herself but wonder. Hasen't she sacrified everything for her children and her family? Isn't it a little too late for her to think about herself? In this book, the author takes us into the intimate life of these three women and their entourage, and we also share lots of conflicts, happiness, rivalry, that we laugh every moment about pricking remarks.
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