{"product_id":"celtic-crossings-john-ganly-9781482559484","title":"Celtic Crossings","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the mid-nineteenth century, sisters Grace, Eva, and Claire Clinton leave their Belfast home to pursue their dreams in a rapidly changing world. Grace longs for the excitement of London. Eva plans to conquer the theater, and Claire hopes to follow in their physician father's footsteps. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTheir personal dreams are centered in a kaleidoscope of social change: the Industrial Revolution, suffrage, and rising nationalism in Ireland. Even the telegraph alters family connections, and Sigmund Freud in Vienna shifts how the world-and the Clintons-views feelings and thoughts. The sisters and their bother, Lawrence, navigate these shifts across four continents and fifty years.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOne sister will find herself caught between a loveless marriage and a philandering lover, bearing a child whose crimes will shock New York City. Another will achieve her dreams, while the third will discover a deep religious calling-only to have her faith challenged by love and a world in transition.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Review \u003c\/i\u003esays \u003ci\u003eCeltic Crossings\u003c\/i\u003e \"touches on marriage, faithfulness, performing arts, politics and even serial murder\" in the tumultuous and ever-changing political, social, and romantic environment of the nineteenth century. Yet the bonds of these three sisters and a home left behind are never lost.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Ganly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 148255948X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781482559484\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/30\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 626\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.36lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 7.01w x 1.26d","brand":"John Ganly","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48485350506751,"sku":"9781482559484","price":20.83,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8a75ad32-d29e-428a-9963-069528636e03.jpg?v=1778049255","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/celtic-crossings-john-ganly-9781482559484","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}