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Book Review of All the Raging Seasons

All the Raging Seasons
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Across two continents the Aherne men and their women leave a legacy of courage and a hope that will not die

JACK KEANE
Driven from Ireland as a fugitive in 1822, Jack finds a new life in America. He makes his fortune in a Boston bawdy house, learning the ways of power and the uses of money along the way. But a searing flame in his heart draws him back to Ireland in search of the only woman he has ever loved

BRIGID AHERNE
This spirited Irish beauty was pressed into the service of a sadistic English lord when Jack fled Ireland. Brigid must endure the degradation of sexual enslavement before Jack returns to claim her and the offspring of her shame

MATT AHERNE
Matt returns to America with Jack, his adopted father, and makes Aherne a name to be reckoned with in Boston politics. But the mournful call of his native soil pulls Matt back to Ireland to endure the Great Famine and to die a patriots death

ALL THE RAGING SEASONS─a sweeping novel of passion and power, love and betrayal.