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Shadows in Heaven
- Author
- Nadine Dorries
- Narrator
- Jen Fitzgerald
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Publish Date
- 26 November 2026
- Run Time
- 10 hours
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Tarabeg is a small village on the West Coast of Ireland. In the aftermath of the Second World War, two women are waiting there for ambitious Michael Malone to return home.
Rosie is the local schoolteacher and most people think she is promised to him. Just a few have guessed that he has secretly begun to woo Sarah, whose brutal fisherman father would kill her if he knew.
Both Rosie and Sarah love Michael, both hope to become his wife and their lives will interweave in a tale of tangled secrets, old promises and new feuds. Michael Malone's choice will have fateful consequences for everyone – especially, in due course, for his young daughter.
This is the first in a new sequence of novels with a brilliant cast of characters and a story that will lead to Liverpool in Mary Kate and back to Ireland in The Velvet Ribbon.
Critics Review
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PRAISE FOR NADINE DORRIES:
'A riveting tale packed full of history, love and deceit' OK! Magazine.
'A funny and sometimes shocking saga. I couldn't put it down' Cristina Odone.
'Angela's Ashes with a scouse accent' Irish Times.
'Captivating, phenomenal and touching' 23 Review Street.
'A multi-layered book [with] gorgeous sentences and sensational plotlines'With Love For Books
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Details
- Author
- Nadine Dorries
- Narrator
- Jen Fitzgerald
- Duration
- 10 hours
- Release Date
- 26 November 2026
- ISBN
- 9781035925773
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Genre
- Family life fiction / Stories about family, Historical romance, Historical fiction
Synopsis
'As heart-warming as it is heartbreaking, this novel is unputdownable' Sunday Express. Tarabeg is a small village on the West Coast of Ireland. In the aftermath of the Second World War, two women are waiting there for ambitious Michael Malone to return home. Rosie is the local schoolteacher and most people think she is promised to him. Just a few have guessed that he has secretly begun to woo Sarah, whose brutal fisherman father would kill her if he knew. Both Rosie and Sarah love Michael, both hope to become his wife and their lives will interweave in a tale of tangled secrets, old promises and new feuds. Michael Malone's choice will have fateful consequences for everyone – especially, in due course, for his young daughter. This is the first in a new sequence of novels with a brilliant cast of characters and a story that will lead to Liverpool in Mary Kate and back to Ireland in The Velvet Ribbon.
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