The Connellys of County Down: A Novel

From Tracey Lange, the New York Times bestselling author of We Are the Brennans, comes The Connellys of County Down: a story about fierce family loyalty, good intentions gone awry, and the consequences of improbable love.
When Tara Connelly is released from prison after serving eighteen months on a drug charge, she knows rebuilding her life at thirty years old won't be easy. With no money and no prospects, she returns home to live with her siblings, who are both busy with their own problems. Her brother, a single dad, struggles with the ongoing effects of a brain injury he sustained years ago, and her sister's fragile facade of calm and order is cracking under the burden of big secrets. Life becomes even more complicated when the cop who put her in prison keeps showing up unannounced, leaving Tara to wonder what he wants from her now. While she works to build a new career and hold her family together, Tara finds a chance at love in a most unlikely place. But when the Connellys' secrets start to unravel and threaten her future, they all must face their worst fears and come clean, or risk losing each other forever. The Connellys of County Down is a moving novel about testing the bounds of love and loyalty. It explores the possibility of beginning our lives anew, and reveals the pitfalls of shielding each other from the bitter truth.BUY THE BOOK
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Tara Connelly has been released from prison after serving an 18 month sentence for a drug trafficking charge. Sheâs returning home to quite the family situation living with her sister that likes to control everything, her brother who is a single dad with a traumatic brain injury and her baseball and video game loving nephew. Tara coming home, having no job, and trying to fix everyoneâs problems puts stress on her sister causing tension in the home for everyone else. If only these siblings knew what secrets they were keeping for each otherâ¦
The Connellys of County Down was a really interesting family story. It just goes to show that you never really know whatâs going on in someoneâs life and that some people will do anything to protect the ones they love. And man, family dynamics are fun!
This was a good and quick read/listen. I really enjoyed it and thought the narrator was terrific.
Tara Connelly has been released from prison after serving an 18 month sentence for a drug trafficking charge. Sheâs returning home to quite the family situation living with her sister that likes to control everything, her brother who is a single dad with a traumatic brain injury and her baseball and video game loving nephew. Tara coming home, having no job, and trying to fix everyoneâs problems puts stress on her sister causing tension in the home for everyone else. If only these siblings knew what secrets they were keeping for each otherâ¦
The Connellys of County Down was a really interesting family story. It just goes to show that you never really know whatâs going on in someoneâs life and that some people will do anything to protect the ones they love. And man, family dynamics are fun!
This was a good and quick read/listen. I really enjoyed it and thought the narrator was terrific.
This book was a heartwarming family story about reentry into society after a prison sentence. It also demonstrates why you gotta let your family members handle their own stuff and just support them through it instead of trying to take charge and fix it for them.
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