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Deceptions
What will a woman do when all she has left is her past?
A dark night, an illicit affair, a hit-and-run …
Lorraine Cheevers thinks she has the perfect marriage. But when a torrid love affair shakes the very foundations of her world, she flees to Trabawn, a seaside idyll of innocent childhood summers.
Meanwhile a teenage boy lies in a coma in his hospital bed. Michael Carmody is desperately searching for the people who put him there, and justice for his son.
His search leads him to Trabawn, and to a powerful, unexpected attraction. As time stands still for the young Killian, it threatens to run out for a man and woman trying to put right their shattered pasts … unless the truth is exposed, once and for all.
Deceptions is a gripping and heart-wrenching novel about truth and illusion, and the passionate shadows that lurk beneath the quietest of lives.
When the Bough Breaks
Under the shadow of a remote headland, a child is born and abandoned. Eva Frawley¹s birth is a mystery that remains unsolved, a media event that will soon fade from the headlines. Years later her
marriage in ruins, her future uncertain Eva realizes that to move forward with her life she must first understand her past.
Meanwhile, Beth McKeever is painfully retracing the steps that led her to the bleak headland on that fateful night. In doing so she must confront the man who dominated her youth and corrupted her innocence.
When the Bough Breaks is a story of love and passion, of power, lost innocence and revenge.
Reviews
When the Bough Breaks
“June Considine has written a page-turner. When the Bough Breaks has all the ingredients of a bestseller and Considine looks set to become the new Maeve Binchy.”
NIALL MacMONAGLE, Rattlebag, RTE.
“This is June Considine's debut novel for adults [and] she has created a powerful and emotional story filled with believable characters.”
BIBLIOFEMME.COM
“When the Bough Breaks is an extraordinary debut, with all the ingredients of a bestseller and a lot more besides.”
BOOKS IRELAND
“When The Bough Breaks is a gripping novel that addresses love and hate, revenge and power, and most significantly of all, it is a story of lost innocence in an era when Irish children had no voice. Considine's novel will resonate in the hearts and minds of many. It also marks her as a writer to watch.”
RTÉ GUIDE
“A gripping, multi-stranded novel … an unusual combination of fine writing, strong plotting and a huge cast of well-formed characters.”
IRISH EXAMINER
“In replaying Sara’s story, Considine shows a mastery of gothic conventions.”
THE IRISH TIMES
“An extraordinary, ambitious debut… June Considine handles her big cast of characters with lyricism and insight.”
DEIRDRE PURCELL
Deceptions
"There is no shortage of drama on Considine's expansive canvas, or of range. She moves smoothly from the sleek glamour of the advertising and fine art worlds to the despairing self-destruction of the addicted and the outcast."
Paula Shields, The Irish Examiner
"A gripping tale of adultery, illusion and the unexpected attraction between two Irish people trying to rebuild their lives."
Dermot Bolger, Evening Herald
"Dealing with passion, adultery, deception, tragedy and how the past always has a way of creeping up on you. Deceptions is a really intriguing page-turner with a surprising twist."
Sinead O'Neill, Evening Echo
" ... beautifully written ... the common theme being that, no matter what our age, we never really stop growing up."
Kusi Osamura, Ireland on Sunday
"From the opening section, this page-turner is gripping, all the more because it presents the dilemmas of betrayal with brutal honesty."
Kathy Donaghy, Irish Independent
"[A] gripping, heart-wrenching saga."
Books Ireland
'Considine's second novel for an adult audience is well paced and beautifully written. The subject matter is not new, but it is handled with depth and striking emotion. Michael's love for his son and Lorraine's love for the husband who betrayed her are deeply touching and their respective struggles with loyalty when confronted with the truth are gripping. A page-turner to savour.'
