The Reckoning

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I have a story to tell you, Diane. It is my story and your story and the story of a century that remade the world. When we reach the end, you will be the ultimate arbiter of whether it was worth your time. You will also sit in judgment on me.In a cottage in Normandy, Lina Rose is writing to the daughter she abandoned as a baby. Now a successful if enigmatic author, she is determined to trace her familys history through the two world wars that shaped her life. But Lina can no longer bear to carry her secrets aloneand once the truth is out, can she ever be forgiven

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"Chonghaile has succeeded in writing a moving story about memories, regret, and the ties that bind. Both wise and gentle, The Reckoning is a novel with heart." --Tiffany McDaniel, author, The Summer that Melted Everything

Author Bio

Clr N Chonghaile was born in London but grew up in An Spidal, County Galway. She left Ireland aged 19 to join Reuters in London as a graduate trainee journalist. Clr has been a reporter and editor for over 20 years, living and working in Spain, France, the Ivory Coast, Senegal and Kenya. She now lives in St Albans, England, with her husband and two daughters. Her debut novel, Fractured, was published by Legend Press in 2016.