Essence (On Hold)
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Last published Sat, Nov 1, 2014
After living in Australia since the age of six, Hanna Redmond receives a call from her Grandparents about her Father's health. As much as it disturbs Hanna to go back for her alcoholic Father, the place she calls home beckons to her in a way only she and people like her can understand. When she arrives, Hanna discovers new secrets and new people, especially the folk who work out sea, and what will she do when she discovers the truth to all the secrets are locked inside secret rooms, and deeper, in the minds of others. Ireland to her was always a magical place when she was a child, how wild has it become since she's been gone?
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