Going Back

Going Back

by RachaelEnglish (Author)

Synopsis

How do you know where you belong?

In June 1988, Elizabeth Kelly's parents think she belongs at home in Ireland. Her boyfriend is certain of it. Unwilling to settle down just yet, she decides to spend the summer in Boston with her college friends. But the next four months change all of them, especially Elizabeth. Quiet and dutiful at home, she surprises herself and everyone else by falling for Danny Esposito, a restless charmer with a troublesome family.

More than twenty years later with opportunities in Ireland scarce once again, a new generation looks to America, awakening memories of a golden summer for their parents. When a crisis occurs, Elizabeth returns to Boston where she is drawn back into the life she once lived. But will she be able to reconcile the dreams of her twenty-year-old self with the woman she has become?

Going Back is a story of family, friendships and love, of difficult decisions and lifelong consequences.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 352
Publisher: Orion
Published: 23 May 2013

ISBN 10: 1409145255
ISBN 13: 9781409145257
Book Overview: A delightful, heart-warming and thought-provoking debut from a well-loved Irish radio personality

Media Reviews
An impressive debut from a skilled novelist who brings a breath of fresh air to the Irish publishing world. English is certainly a force to be reckoned with and may prove to be as formidable a player in the books market as she is in the broadcasting world * IRISH INDEPENDENT *
A thoroughly enjoyable novel about being young and in love and about life coming full circle. Rachael English paints a vivid portrait of what it was to be Irish in America in the nineteen eighties and what it is to be Irish now. Witty and perceptive, she has a voice that is all her own -- Kathleen MacMahon
An impressive debut * Irish World *
a distinctive new voice in a clever, nuanced debut. * IRISH SUNDAY INDEPENDENT *
Anyone who has wondered what life might have been like if they'd stayed together with a summer love will be charmed by [Rachael English's] warm, heartfelt debut novel. * IRISH TIMES *
Hugely romantic and readable. * IRISH EXAMINER *
Assured and warm-hearted. * MAIL ON SUNDAY (Ireland) *
English is a great writer and this is a fantastic debut * HOT PRESS *
Author Bio
Rachael English is a presenter on Ireland's most popular radio show, Morning Ireland. During more than twenty years as a journalist, she has worked on most of RTE Radio's leading current affairs programmes, covering a huge range of national and international stories. Going Back is her first novel.