A haunted heart - John Mackenna

*A beautiful and unforgettable love story crafted from the quiet unspoken truths of life*In 1959, sixty years after leaving her native Ireland, Catherine Hallshead returns to live in Athy very near where she grew up. Her mission is to go through the sixty-nine journals of her life and then write a separate account of what happened when a stranger entered the Quaker Meeting House at Ballitore in January 1899. Joshua Jacob was a charismatic driven man; Abigail, then married, fell head over heels in love with him. Their love for each other took their lives in directions they never forsaw or forgave. Catherine sets out a memorial to her dead friend for the children who never knew their mother. She also depicts life in a small town in the late fifties in Ireland, and shows how the curiosity of the townsfolk gradually turns to help and offers of friendship.