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Mummy darlings / Emily Hourican.

Hourican, Emily, (author.).

Summary:
"It's the dawn of the 1930s and the three privileged Guinness sisters, Aileen, Maureen and Oonagh, settle into becoming wives and mothers: Aileen in Luttrellstown Castle outside Dublin, Maureen in Clandeboye in Northern Ireland, and Oonagh in Rutland Place in London. But while Britain becomes increasingly politically polarized, Aileen, Maureen and Oonagh discover conflict within their own marriages. Oonagh's dream of romantic love is countered by her husband's lies; the intense nature of Maureen's marriage means passion, but also rows; while Aileen begins to discover that, for her, being married offers far less than she had expected. Meanwhile, Kathleen, a housemaid from their childhood home in Glenmaroon, travels between the three sisters, helping, listening, watching--even as her own life brings her into conflict with the clash between fascism and communism. As affairs are uncovered and secrets exposed, the three women begin to realize that their guiled upbringing could not have prepared them for the realities of married life, nor for the scandals that seem to follow them around"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781538724507
  • Physical Description: viii, 501 pages ; 21 cm.
  • Edition: First U.S. edition.
  • Publisher: New York : GCP, Grand Central, 2023.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"Originally published in 2021 by Hachette Books Ireland in Dublin, Ireland"--Title page verso.
Includes reading group guide.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 481-482).
Original Version Note:
Originally published: Dublin, Ireland : Hachette Books, 2021.
Subject: Guinness family > Fiction.
Nineteen thirties > Fiction.
Sisters > Fiction.
Socialites > England > Fiction.
Married women > Fiction.
Scandals > Fiction.
Wealth > Fiction.
Motherhood > Fiction.
Ireland > Social life and customs > 20th century > Fiction.
London (England) > Social life and customs > 20th century > Fiction.
Genre: Historical fiction.
Novels.

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