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The first thing you notice about Lovers’ Hollow is its weight – at 668 pages this book is not for the weak limbed! However, if you do manage to balance the book and start turning the pages, you will find a riveting story hidden between the covers.

Jo Devereux returns to Wexford for her mother’s funeral with mixed feelings; she hasn’t seen her mother in years. Once the shock of once again being home in Wexford has worn off, Jo finds herself agreeing to grant Mrs Devereux her dying request and write a family history.

Family pride has cost Jo an awful lot over the years and even lost her the only man she ever loved. But, as she starts investigating the family background, she begins to understand certain truths, not only about her grandmother and mother but also about herself.

Using a series of papers left by her mother, Jo chronicles the life of four generations of a family, concentrating on the women.

Ross has managed to pen an incredible debut that will have the reader absolutely enthralled. Although the size of the book may be off-putting, I urge you to give it a chance. It is well worth it.