The family on Paradise Pier / Dermot Bolger

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This is a stunning historical saga, set in the early decades of the twentieth century, which follows the lives and loves of one extraordinary family. We first meet the Goold Verschoyle children in 1915. Though there is a war going on in the world outside, they seem hardly touched by it - midnight swims, flower fairies and regatta parties form the backdrop to their enchanted childhood. But as they grow older, changes within Ireland and the wider world encroach upon the family's private paradise. Turbulent times - the Irish war of independence, the Spanish Civil War, and World War II - are woven into the tapestry, upon which this magical story is spun

Originally published: London: Fourth Estate, 2005