Across the River

by Alice Taylor

Book Overview

Alice Taylor's gripping sequel to The Woman of the House.

At Mossgrove, the Phelan family farm, long-time hired hand Jack plays peacemaker as widow Martha Phelan battles her young son, Peter, who wants to modernize the farm. Tensions on the home front are bitter enough, but at the Conway farm across the river, more trouble is brewing. Slovenly Matt Conway feels trapped and abuses his wife, Biddy. Spurred on by a...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0863222854
• ISBN13: 9780863222856
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: Brandon Books
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.1" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

Wonderful Irish Tale

Taylor outdoes herself in this delightful tale of an Irish family in the 1960's. Once you start reading, you are completly taken into this family and you cannot put the book down. Hopefully she will continue with the story of the Phelans and write another novel about Mossgrove.