That will set the mood perfectly for entering The House With the Wraparound Porch. My suggestion: Read this book with a cup of rich coffee and a plate of homemade fried cake doughnuts within easy reach. And you will see how what happens in one generation ripples through the ones that follow. And as their tale unfolds, there will be others you will enjoy equally and some you'll downright hate. I grew very fond of Mame and Jimmy, as I think you will also. The saddest thing about finishing a novel is that the characters who have been talking so animatedly in your mind during the story's creation are silenced. The themes of what they endure are universal. Their stories will remind you of yours or people dear to you. I wove their two experiences into the dramatic opening of the story.Īlthough not autobiographical, the story is definitely inspired by my family's life experiences, as well as those of other large Irish-Catholic families I knew growing up. It reminded me of a tragedy that befell my grandfather and his classmates one summer's night on Keuka Lake (in New York's Finger Lakes). Their house was the touchstone for my family-so many important moments occurred on its porch.Ībout the time I started framing the story, my cousin told me of a near drowning experience he had. You see my grandparents had this magnificent Queen Anne-style home with a wraparound porch, and my fondest childhood memories come from time spent on it. ![]() The novel was written over two years, but the inspiration came far, far earlier. This is my most ambitious work and I hope you enjoy it. Join her mailing list HERE for updates on new releases, special events and sales. If you like stories that feature gourmet cooking, wine, humor, romance, and a bit of straying into magical realism, you'll enjoy her tales. Her other books include The Maeve Kenny series: The Cyber Miracles (Book 1), A Sudden Gift of Fate (Book 2), and A Wisdom of Owls (Book 3) 3/17 (an Irish trad music parody of Dante's Inferno) The Terminal Diner (a suspense novel) and In the Shadows of the Onion Domes (collected short stories). Hyland is also the author of the best-selling novel, The House With the Wraparound Porch, a family saga spanning four generations from 1920-2006. It is the third book in the Caviston Sisters Mystery series, preceded by The Curse of the Strawberry Moon and The Water Mystic of Woodland Springs. ![]() Her latest novel is When Stardust Fell on Keuka Lake. Mary Pat Hyland is an award-winning former newspaper journalist and Amazon Top 100 Bestseller who writes novels featuring Irish-American characters set in the Finger Lakes wine country and Southern Tier region of New York State.
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