by Lia Mills - £8.99 Penguin Books Ltd (2016)
paperback
ISBN 13: 9780241964729 | ISBN 10: 0241964725
Fallen by Lia Mills - a remarkable love story amidst the ruins of the First World War and the Easter Rising.
SELECTED AS THE 2016 'ONE CITY ONE BOOK' TITLE FOR BOTH DUBLIN AND BELFAST
Spring, 1915. Katie Crilly gets the news she dreaded: her beloved twin brother, Liam, has been killed on the Western Front.
A year later, when her home city of Dublin is suddenly engulfed by the violence of the Easter Rising, Katie finds herself torn by conflicting emotions and loyalties. Taking refuge in the home of a friend, she meets Hubie Wilson, a friend of Liam's from the Front. There unfolds a remarkable encounter between two young people, both wounded and both trying to imagine a new life.
(Price & availability last checked: March 2016)
In booklists: The Easter Rising, 1916, Fiction - Irish Writers (and novels set in Ireland), World War I, Peace and War in Fiction,
In categories: Ireland, Scotland & Wales, Fiction, History & Biography, Peace & Human Rights,
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