PLEASE NOTE: This book may have an alternate cover. The following description is provided as a guide only and may contain text that doesn't specifically relate to this item. As a child - Elizabeth White was sent from her war-torn London home to a safer life in the small Irish town of Kilgarret. It was there - in the crowded - chaotic O'Connor household - that she met Aisling-who would become her very best friend - sharing her pet kitten and secretly teaching her the intricacies of Catholicism. Aisling's boldness brought Elizabeth out of her proper shell; later - her support carried Elizabeth through the painful end of her parents' chilly marriage. In return - Elizabeth's friendship helped Aisling endure her own unsatisfying marriage to a raging alcoholic. Through the years - they always believed they could survive anything - as long as they had each other. Now they're about to find out if they were right. . . . . Echoes - It was sometimes called the echo cave - and if you shouted your question loud enough in the right direction - you got an answer instead of an echo..." Clare and David-divided as children by a rigid social code that branded her as shanty Irish and him as gentry...brought together as adults by a desire that knew no class - no barriers - only the urgent hunger of two people destined to love-and ready to defy a world determined to keep them apart. Even at fifteen - David Power knew the echo would answer eleven-year-old Clare O'Brien's dearest wish - to win a school prize. But it was years before Dr. Power's cherished only son saw in the huckster's daughter the answer to his own heart's desire. Here in Castlebay - perched precariously on the seaside cliffs - the lines between them were clearly drawn. Clare's only hope is to leave the town where time stopped - propelled by scholarships to Dublin - fueled by her own drive and brilliance - far from the insular - gossipy world of Castlebay and those in its thrall... Angela O'Hara - beautiful - insolated - a teacher trapped in the convent school - who risks everything to help Clare escape... Gerry Doyle - the town charmer who finds in Clare the woman he vows to have at any price... Caroline Nolan - the beautiful - rich outsider who comes to plunder... For Clare - that was before the wild freedom of Dublin - and love. And David. Before fate drove them back to Castlebay - and the past..
