Barefoot Over Stones

An enthralling debut novel about love, loss and friendship by a sparkling new Irish writer.

This is an impressive debut, holding your interest with characters that are comprehensively and sympathetically drawn.

Liz Lyons is a graduate in English and History of Trinity College, Dublin. After graduation she spent ten years working in the Irish book trade as a bookshop manager. Barefoot Over Stones is her first novel. Born in Cork in 1970, she lives in Co. Meath with her husband, son and two daughters.

What would it take to destroy your closest friendship? 
 
Alison and Ciara meet at college in Dublin and soon become firm allies, sharing a flat and facing the world together. Ciara is all that Alison aspires to be - sassy, confident and fearless. Although their backgrounds could not be more different, they find solace and humour in each other's company. 
 
That is until gorgeous Dan Abernethy, a young medical student, enters their lives, and everything changes irrevocably. Love turns Alison's world upside down and a terrible betrayal threatens everything she holds dear. It is only when tragedy strikes many years later that Alison and Ciara are offered a chance at redemption.

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One wet and stormy Irish summer, the three Miller sisters gather at their grand but shabby old family home, Tobar Lodge. 
 
Gina, middle sister and mum to a troubled teenage girl, is doing her best to keep the old country house afloat by playing host to summer visitors who rent converted cottages on the land. 
 
Eldest, Lottie, is home to lick her wounds after her latest romantic adventure has ended in disaster once again. 
 
Rachel, the youngest, has led a more charmed life but this time is coming home accompanied by a family struggling after the collapse of her husband's business. 
 
As family and strangers meet and collide, and a long hidden secret is exposed, they begin to discover that love and life is all about losing, yearning for and ultimately finding a place called home. By the time the holiday season draws to a close, all will realise that complications of past lives simmer just beneath the surface, a rich layer of secrets concealed from the eyes of others but keenly felt in the hearts of those to whom they belong.

Liz Lyons

Praise for Come This Way Home

A completely absorbing read

Books by Liz Lyons

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