Anne is surprised to discover that Thomas is friends with Michael Collins, a famous revolutionary fighter, and she is quickly enamored with this man she has read about in her study of Ireland's history. Thomas, Eoin's guardian, is wealthy for the time and place, and he is a supporter of the Irish fight for independence. Eventually, she realizes she is actually in the past and tries to avoid doing anything that will reveal her true identity. Anne decides she must be dreaming and settles in to enjoy her time with Eoin. Almost everyone believes Anne to be Eoin's mother, though this Anne is the great-granddaughter of that Anne. Anne soon discovers she has passed back in time to 1921 and that the little boy in the household is her grandfather, Eoin. She falls into the water and ends up at Garvagh Glebe, the home where Eoin grew up. Anne can see nothing until someone shoots her.
As she dumps the ashes, a fog rolls into the landscape.
One day, she rents a boat and rows out onto the lough, hoping that spreading Eoin's ashes will help her begin to heal. She learns that a doctor named Thomas Smith raised Eoin after Eoin's parents died during the revolution. She finds the headstone for her great-grandmother, Eoin's mother, who was also named Anne Gallagher. While she is there she does some family research. Though Anne is grieving for Eoin, she agrees to make the trip. Anne is surprised to learn that Eoin wants her to spread his ashes in Ireland on Lough Gill. He says only that it is not safe and refuses to discuss it further.
However, Eoin has never allowed her to return to Ireland. Over the years, the two have traveled extensively, sometimes for Anne to do research for her current book. Eoin is a retired doctor who grew up in Ireland, and Anne is a successful author. Anne and Eoin have no other family and are exceptionally close. Kindle AZW file.Īnne Gallagher is in the home of her grandfather, Eoin Gallagher, in 2001 as he is dying.
Lake Union Publishing, Seattle, WA, 2019. The following version of the book was used to create this study guide: Harmon, Amy, What the Wind Knows.
0 kommentar(er)
