Clare's only hope is to leave the town where time stopped, propelled by scholarships to Dublin, fueled by her own drive and brilliance, far from the insular, gossipy world of Castlebay and those in its thrall. Here in Castlebay, perched precariously on the seaside cliffs, the lines between them were clearly drawn. Power's cherished only son saw in the huckster's daughter the answer to his own heart's desire. "It was sometimes called the echo cave, and if you shouted your question loud enough in the right direction, you got an answer instead of an echo."Ĭlare and David-divided as children by a rigid social code that branded her as shanty Irish and him as gentry.brought together as adults by a desire that knew no class, no barriers, only the urgent hunger of two people destined to love-and ready to defy a world determined to keep them apart.Įven at fifteen, David Power knew the echo would answer eleven-year-old Clare O'Brien's dearest wish, to win a school prize.
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