Saoirse is an Irish painter in the late 1990s, whose career is really taking off. She lives in Donegal with her partner and their two young daughters. But when she wins a major prize for her work, instead of excitement, she is worried. Because the more her name is out there, the more risk there is that the secrets she carries will be revealed.
In 1990, Sarah was a teenager growing up in Michigan. Her stepfather got her enmeshed in a world of danger, abuse, and crime, and she knew her life was at risk. With no other choice, she escaped to Ireland under someone else’s name.
With nowhere to turn, she meets a man named Paul on her flight to Ireland. He is returning home and invites her to stay with him and his family until she can get on her feet. But it’s not long before she realizes that Paul wants to control her, and when she falls in love with another man, she must find a way to disentangle herself from him.
During her time in Ireland she takes the name Saoirse, which means freedom. And as her art starts to gain recognition, it provides her both freedom and danger.
This is a powerful book that shifts back and forth between Sarah’s life in the U.S. and Sarah/Saoirse’s life in Ireland. The traumas she confronts may be triggering for some, but she’s really a character you want to root for.
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