Consequences of the Heart Author:Peter Cunningham A glorious epic sweep of a narrative that encapsulates a whole Irish community and landscape. Chud Conduit, the wild grandson of the most successful businesswoman in Monument, and Anglo-Irish Jack Santry, gentle heir to Main, the big estate on the hill, are unlikely friends. United by their love for Rosa and then by a terrible event that fling... more »s all three adolescents from their Garden of Eden, Chud and Jack meet again on the beaches of Normandy, where acts of bravery and cowardice determine the course of the rest of their lives in ways that none of them can anticipate. One of them wins Rosa's hand in marriage, the other her eternal affection, sealing their destinies together over six decades, in love and war, through adultery and murder, bound in a triangle of love that is stronger than social convention, beyond even law. Consequences of the Heart is a work of powerful and sensual lyricism, effortless characterization, and sparkling humor.« less