Under The Avalanche

An Irish Love Story Spanning Three Generations

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“That summer was a long hot one, unusual for Ireland. As the days grew hotter the summer seemed endless. Gertrude was suspended in a lethargy of heat and helplessness, as she waited the long wait for her exam results. She slept late into mid-morning, then sat in a stuffed chair in the parlour devouring Anna Karenina and Madame Bovary.”

Excerpt From: Anne McCabe. “Under the Avalanche.” iBooks.

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An Irish love story, spanning three decades.

Two families from either side of the social divide, brought together by hatred, unrequited love and mortal sin. They should have nothing in common, but fate intervenes in their lives with shocking consequences.

A ruined hut at the foot of the mountain - an unlikely place of innocence, lust, betrayal, and birth that finally releases the secret ghost of the past.

Anne McCabe has written a heartfelt story of Ireland from the 1940's to the 80's, and the secret shame that has befallen so many women whose only sin was to dare to fall in love.

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It is very easy

For the undergrowth to thicken For weeds, scrub, thorn, Such entwined things To proliferate And prevent Easy access.

But we find Cloven hooves across the trail Secret signs From within the forest, Where paths lie and sink in deep green light, hide an empty quiet Deer tracks disappear without an echo- Perfect cover for the soul

And so, We ascend to the top- Boots scrunch on Loamy soil of copper hue Shot through with silver shale On the way up, and up, up To the top of the world- And then, breathless- Is there reward for this exertion? Oh Yes

Lark song in heather Sunshine gratefully bathing all Of hill and dale and peak To all four corners of the known world, As the pines sigh and cough, Sough, softly, scenting the silence Healing balm.

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Because its safer to be nobody than a woman

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