As one might imagine, Anne is astonished by what has happened, but she manages to keep a clear head. She’s living in her family home, and the child seated beside her bed is none other than the six-year-old boy who will one day become her grandfather, and to make matters even more confusing, everyone seems to think she’s Eoin’s long-absent mother, a woman who also happens to be named Anne. After asking a few careful questions, Anne figures out what has happened. When Anne eventually regains consciousness, she finds herself in a house surrounded by people she doesn’t know, one of whom is a six-year-old boy who seems awfully familiar to her.
Could this stranger possibly be Anne, and if so, where has she been all these years? What could have possessed her to abandon her young son, especially given the fact that the boy’s father was killed in the Irish Uprising of 1916? All the while, he’s struck by her uncanny resemblance to Anne, the wife of his best friend, and a woman Thomas has believed dead for the last five years. It’s obvious she has sustained some serious injuries, so he takes her to his home where he treats her wounds and puts her to bed. Thomas Smith isn’t sure what to make of the water-logged woman he’s just fished out of the lake. Suddenly, a huge wave washes over the boat, sweeping Anne overboard, and when she is eventually pulled ashore, she finds herself transported back in time to 1921.ĭr. Hoping for a few hours of respite from her all-consuming grief, Anne rents a small boat and sets out for an afternoon sail. She feels strangely adrift and without purpose, and she can’t figure out what to do to help herself feel better. Ireland is everything Anne dreamed it would be, and yet she can’t shake the deep feelings of loss she’s carried with her since her grandfather died. Perhaps she’ll even feel closer to him once she actually sets foot on Irish soil for the first time. Now though, Eoin has died, and Anne is determined to honor his last request that she travel to Ireland to spread his ashes, even though she’s not sure how she’ll cope without him in her life. Throughout her childhood, her grandfather Eoin, who is Anne’s only living relative, has told her countless stories of the land of his birth, but no matter how much Anne begged, he always refused to accompany her on a trip there. However, when I learned that Amy Harmon, who happens to be one of my very favorite authors, was coming out with a new novel that happened to feature time travel, I knew I had to read it.Īll her life, Anne Gallagher has felt strangely connected to Ireland. Time travel romances aren’t always my cup of tea – strange as it may seem, Outlanderwas just okay for me.
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