In New York City, September 11, 2001, the world changed. When the planes crashed Cora Brady became an orphan. After days of wandering the city, she finally posts a flyer for her missing father Michael who worked at Cantor Fitzgerald, high up in the towers. Cora knows he will never be found, she doesn’t post contact information. It is just her way of saying goodbye. Her Aunt Roisin is waiting for her in the small village of Burtonport, Ireland. Roisin and Cora’s mother Maire were as close as two sisters could ever be growing up, but love and art and life tore them apart. In a silent standoff for years, Michael predicted Cora would someday need her aunt in her life, and he was right. Cora arrives in Ireland sixteen years old, terrified and alone in the world. The house she enters looks haunted. It is also identical to a house in the video game she loved as a child. A game where two sisters must save the students in a creepy boarding school where they often disappear. The narrator alternates confessions between three generations of women who love each other deeply but are all hiding from their truth. Although one of the narrated portions is in second person, which is both off putting and interesting - I simply loved this group of eclectic characters and the poetic Irish voice of debut author Catherine Airey. Highly recommend this deeply emotional family saga which is creative and beautifully written. ⭐⭐⭐⭐
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