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Literary Fiction
(Fic)
Irish Firebrands: A Novel
by Christine Plouvier


How far will a man go, to know his father? To become a father? All his life, Dillon Carroll has felt cut off from the past by his lack of parents. Half his life, he has felt cut off from the future by his lack of posterity. He is haunted by a chain of ancestors that ends with himself. Genealogist Lana Pedersen becomes Dillon's hope for reconnecting with his roots, and with the meaning of his life: to fulfill his dream of belonging somewhere, to someone, forever. "Sounds interesting!"

Preface

Irish Firebrands can be identified by only one genre here at ChapterBuzz, so my choice was Literary Fiction, but it's much more: it's a Paranormal, Philosophical, Inspirational Romance which also happens to be Boomer Lit (a genre not available). In other words, it's about life, portrayed as a contemporary woman's adventures in Ireland, including the effect she had on the minds and hearts of those whose lives she touched - particularly those of two "Irish firebrands" - and the effect tha...



Chapter 1

 THE scribe had borne down hard, his pen strokes reversed in high relief amongst the pinholes dotting the back of the card. Lana Pedersen’s fingertips explored the Braille-like bumps as she read:

To Let. Drumcarroll. 2-storey stone & slate farmhouse, orchard & out-building, on 6 acres. Shared access to peat & pond. Negotiable. Ring D. Carroll on:

She compared the punctured handwriting to the message on a board that hung askew on a gatepost guarded by...




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