Overview

This book was previously published under the title "An Irish Heart."

This is the story of Katharine O’Brien, who comes of age in English-occupied World War I Ireland. It’s 1914, and Kate is a young woman with a violent father and an uncertain future. Things start to fall into place, though, when she meets Theodora Alaster: a woman with whom she finds love and, for the first time, a real home.

But when Thea is taken by the English during a trip to Dublin, Kate is left alone to navigate seemingly unending loss and betrayal. She comes nearer than she ever wanted to her country’s hot politics; which inevitably leads to her entire existence being burned to cinders. And yet, throughout every hardship – the hope of finding Thea never leaves Kate’s heart.

“Kate & Thea” is a historical novel which outlines Ireland’s quest for self-government in the face of English occupation. It demonstrates, through Kate’s trials, how to hold onto yourself, when everything around you seems to be slipping away – and how to live in the present, when the future seems either to obscure, or too distant, to be realised.

Note: This book is written using UK English spelling, which will account for certain words that appear to be misspelled for US English speakers.