1949 - Softcover

"A unique and powerful novel ... captivating." --Irish American News "1949 is gorgeously conceived and born, full of emotion, resonating with history and fresh as tomorrow." --Parke Godwin "Magisterial ... vivid ... richly gratifying." --Publishers Weekly

In this compelling book, Llywelyn tells the story of charming young woman, Ursula Halloran, who comes of age in the 1920s, and experiences the passions and pains of the times in a way that brings them alive for every reader. The horror and tragedy of civil war give way to a repressive Catholic state in which married women cannot hold jobs, divorce is illegal, and the IRA becomes a band of outlaws still devoted to and fighting for a Republic that never lived. Ursula, an idealist, believes in a fiercely independent Ireland. She falls in love, bears a child out of wedlock, and in the war years finds fulfilment running her family farm in neutral Ireland.