{"product_id":"the-irish-boarding-house-completely-heart-warming-irish-historical-fiction","title":"The Irish Boarding House: Completely heart-warming Irish historical fiction","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e24 Merrion Square. The house stands empty, the old stone steps overgrown with thorny rose bushes. But Mary Kate feels a deep connection to the neglected, silent rooms. Could this be the place to help her heal?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDublin 1952.\u003c\/strong\u003e When Mary Kate Ryan receives a surprise inheritance from the woman who abandoned her as a tiny baby, she's stunned. All her life, she has longed to know why her mother disappeared, and now she's devastated to realise that every lonely night she spent without a home or family of her own, her mother knew exactly where she was.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMary Kate is about to refuse the money when she sees a beautiful, deserted house for sale and something sparks in her heart. She will reawaken it, as the Dublin Boarding House for Single Ladies, and provide a shelter for others as lost and alone as her. Can she help the two young girls left at the local orphanage, desperate for a home of their own? Or the pregnant teenager on the run, who only wants to keep her baby safe?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe boarding house brings Mary Kate love and friendships she never dreamed of, but just as her heart is about to burst with joy, a new guest arrives. 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Such an emotionally raw story can only be written by someone who has left a little piece of their heart behind in such a special place.' Goodreads reviewer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Rarely do I find\u003cstrong\u003e a book that can double me over with laughter and break my heart with tears\u003c\/strong\u003e... \u003cstrong\u003eThis book delivers and then some!\u003c\/strong\u003e' Netgalley Reviewer, 5 stars\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'\u003cstrong\u003eBrought me to tears numerous times\u003c\/strong\u003e with its emotive words and insightful views on life and love. The writing was \u003cstrong\u003esimply breathtaking, it was witty and beautiful \u003c\/strong\u003ein the same measure and \u003cstrong\u003eit has quite frankly stolen my heart\u003c\/strong\u003e.' \u003cem\u003eStacy is Reading\u003c\/em\u003e, 5 stars\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'\u003cstrong\u003eWriting this through tears, the funniest, most tearful book I've ever read. \u003c\/strong\u003eFantastic.' Goodreads Reviewer, 5 stars\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'\u003cstrong\u003eWow\u003c\/strong\u003e... \u003cstrong\u003edeserves more than 5 stars\u003c\/strong\u003e. It is a\u003cstrong\u003e heart-warming \u003c\/strong\u003eas well as a\u003cstrong\u003e heartbreaking \u003c\/strong\u003estory all at the same time.\u003cstrong\u003e I absolutely loved this book. 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