The House on Seaview Road

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It's 1983, and two sisters on the cusp of adulthood grow up in a crumbling seafront house in south Dublin.

Marie Stephenson dreams of making her mark on the world but strains under the responsibility of a promise made to her dying mother. This promise, to look after her younger sister, is one she has always kept, even though Marie sometimes feels that the cosseted Grainne doesn't deserve it.

But then the sudden appearance of intense, rebellious Con on Seaview Beach one afternoon changes everything.

As her childhood comes to a sudden and shocking end, Marie must make some choices about her future.

But will she find the courage to become the woman she was meant to be

THE HOUSE ON SEAVIEW ROAD is a story about first love, growing up and about the enduring bonds of sisterhood.

Reviews

A brave and thought-provoking novel - Irish Independent on The House on Seaview Road

A powerful story ... Walsh shows an innate understanding of people's lives, and the emotional truths that underpin them - Kathleen MacMahon, author of This is How it Ends, on All That I Leave Behind

This is a story, beautifully told ... - Sunday Independent on All That I Leave Behind

Author Bio

Alison Walsh has worked in publishing and literary journalism for a number of years. She wrote a popular and humorous column on family life for the Irish Independent for some years, and this was followed by a memoir on motherhood, In My Mother's Shoes, which became a number-one Irish bestseller in 2010. She is a regular contributor to the Sunday Independent books pages.

Alison lives in Dublin with her husband and three children.

Follow her on Twitter at @authoralison or visit her website at www.alisonwalsh.net