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Hazel's first book ‘Iron Wheels on Rocky Lanes’ was first published in 1994 was set among the people and places of Hazel’s childhood and has brought laughter and tears to many a reader since it first saw the light of day. Two years later saw the release of Hazel’s first novel ‘ For The Love of Mary Kate’ which set her on the road to creating a trilogy including and ‘Lament In The Wind’ and ‘Secrets on The Breeze’ ‘Echoes of Another Time’ was a collection of short stories which gained national acclaim when one of the stories was picked by radio host Gay Byrne who called her to read it on his show. Her most recent novel ‘Bourne On The Wind (Moran Publications 2003) was launched by none other than her close friend Nobel Peace Prize winner John Hume
Lament in the wind
Lament in the wind
When career woman Mary Thompson is entrusted with the diaries of Cassie O'Connor, she is driven to tell her story. Cassie's story begins with her early childhood in an Ireland of famine, eviction and emigration. Following her father's death, Cassie and her mother are rescued from a workhouse rife withe fever and death by Marcia Briggs, daughter of the local clergyman. They begin a new life at the rectory where Cassie acts as unpaid servant to the Madam who despises her. Cassie leans on Marcia and her brother Harry for the affection her mother is unable to provide.
Out of a time of turmoil, confusion and exile on a famine ship to Canada emerges a love story told with intense and sympathetic realism.
Reviews from Amazon
What an amazing story. I've always wondered about the famine and what my ancestors endured. I've read about the work houses but Hazel McIntyre so skillfully brings history to life. I would highly recommend Lament in the Wind! It is a wonderful novel.
The Great Irish Famine, as it has since been labelled, is widely regarded as one of the most important and vivid times in Irish history. Yet the human aspect of this time that touched so many lives so profoundly, has often been forgotten.
In this novel "Lament in the Wind," Donegal author Hazel McIntyre addresses the subject and shows us how, even in the depths of despair and deprivation, the strength of human courage can come shining through. A retrospective look at this significant time in Irish history, "Lament in the Wind," tells the story of Cassie O'Connor who with her mother, is saved from the workhouse by Marcia Briggs, daughter of the local clergyman. Yet, this is not just a piece of history, nor just a love story or indeed a sad story,Instead it is a tale that magically encapsulates all these aspects. In combining them, Hazel McIntyre has crafted a work that will appeal to a wide spectrum of the public A story sure to etch itself into memory and one that can and will be read time and time again. by Paul Cormiskan
A powerful novel; a successful blending of fiction with authenticity. An immence spectrum of life as the Donegal Irish lived it during the tragic famine. And yet, it is full of hope as one travels between Ireland and Canada, alive with believable characters...
A must read...
Sara Deane
Echos of another time
Echos of another time
"Echoes of Another Time" combines fiction and memoir in this compelling, evoctive collection of stories set in County Donegal, Ireland. Hazel McIntyre skilfully lets us into a rural world of wakes, weddings, funerals, dances, missions and much more. This delightful, uplifting and often funny glimpse of life in another time is sure to appeal to the better instincts of all who read it.
Reviews from amazon
A kaleidoscoped of stories about coming of age in the rural Ireland of the 1950's. The stories range from uproariously funny, gently humourous from the releflective to the bittersweet. This is a wonderful read which I enjoyed enormously and have read again and again. I have no hesitation in reccomending this wonderful book by Donegal author, Hazel McIntyre, to everyone as a treasure for all time...Susan Greenwood
Geneva
I am so thankful for Hazel's wonderful books! I visited recently and fell in love .. I just learned that Co Donegal is my heritage. I am so thankful for Hazel's wonderful books! I visited recently and fell in love with the place. In reading Hazels books, I feel like I can get lost there now, and never have to leave! Her descriptions are so rich and really capture the essence of her wonderful home! I love the humor too!
Bourne on the wind
Bourne on the wind
The book is set among the rugged and beautiful landscape of Inishowen in the early 19th century, a time of poverty for Irish families, suffering abuses at the hands of the landed gentry, the revenue men hunting the poiton stills, and the undercurrent of political unrest. We follow the lives of the Moran family, a proud people who refuse to see their spirit broken. Francis, Alexander Moran's eldest son, is torn between his ambitions in the new world and his love for Mary McIntyre.
Bourne on the Wind is a carefully researched, historical novel of semi-biography, a love story that delves deep into the secret places of the heart and an important insight into the history of Inishowen, County Donegal, Ireland.
McIntyre has written six novels and has a unique storytelling style that captivates and holds the reader to the very end. She is an accomplished speaker, appearing on radio and television in Ireland, the UK, the USA and Canada.
Reviews from amazon
This is a story of Ireland and its people in a rural parish during the harsh times of the 1830's. They endured poverty and hunger, relief and victory. Bound together by their harsh experiences, they found in themselves surprizing reserves of courage. This is not just a story of Donegal-which could be in any county. It is also a story of the Irish people during the terrible challenges of povery and emigration, vividly recreated with no self-pity.
An Immense spectrum of life in the Ireland of the 1830,s , a marvellously told story, alive with believable people.
James Macdonald,
NY USA
picked up Bourne on the Wind to have a browse. I read the book from cover to cover in one night and enjoyed every minute of it! What more can I say?
M. Sullivan, Boston, MA.
Iron Wheels On Rocky Lanes
Iron Wheels On Rocky Lanes
"Iron Wheels on Rocky Lanes" was Hazel McIntyre's first book which vividly recalled her Donegal childhood through poems and short stories.
Reviews from amazon
A wonderful funny, and reflective book of short stories.
These writings are loving evocations of a childhood spent in Donegal. They capture the innocence of that time,its sudden and compelling enthusiasms, its sadness and silences, its pleasures and dismays and above all the rare gift of the author in accurately drawing these pictures as memory does its magical work,
Sara Deane
University of Ulster
I loved the format and snipets of earlier days! Hazel's descriptions are thought provoking and warm the heart! Iron Wheels on Rocky Lanes is a wonderful book
Secrets On The Breeze
Secrets On The Breeze
Secrets On The Breeze is the second volume in McIntyre's acclaimed rural trilogy, following on from For Love of Mary Kate.
From Dublin and Donegal to the streets of New York and Canada, the lives of four women are changed irrevocably by love, fear and dark secrets they must keep.
Mary Kate begins teaching in the small, rural school in Donegal where she had been a pupil and becomes entangled in the lives of the people around her, as she struggles to unravel the maliganant secrets lurking in the past. She survives lost love, rejection and loneliness, finally succeeding in finding the love she has longed for, putting the ghosts of her past to rest.
Reviews from amazon
This book follows For Love of Mary Kate, so the women in the story are already familiar to me. It is a very inspiring and endearing story which I will treasure and re-read. Thank you for another wonderful novel Hazel McIntyre!
A truely wonderful read! I read 'For Love of Mary Kate' and simply had to read the follow on--'Secrets.' I was not dissapointed; it is a must for all lovers of good reads. Few Irish novelest of our time have spun more enchantment than Hazel McIntyre' Evening Post September 2008
For Love Of Mary Kate
For Love Of Mary Kate
"For Love of Mary Kate" tells the powerful and compelling tale of love and courage spanning three generations of Irish women beginning in the 1920s. "For Love of Mary Kate" was hailed by newspaper critics as the "first of many fine novels from this emerging Donegal writer." The book was chosen by Woman's Way magazine as their choice for their Millennium Edition as "the most compelling read."
Internationally renowned author Hazel McIntyre has published six books of memoir and fiction. They bring the past alive with her unique storytelling style that captivates and holds the reader to the very end.
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