Ipswich, Mon Amour
A family secret buried for generations is about to send 23-year-old Nora Mahoney on the quest of her life.
The story opens when Nora’s life as a snowboard instructor at Sun Valley and her first serious adult relationship are both crashing and burning. In the aftermath, she visits her grandmother in Ipswich, MA. There she finds inspiration and a new purpose in the family tradition of farming, something her mother rejected.
Bringing the family farm back to life becomes an obsession for Nora. She struggles as a newbie, in part because she suffered the loss of her right hand as a child.
She deals with the challenges and finds a new sense of community among her neighboring farmers. One of them is Kailey, who stole Nora’s heart when the two spent their teen summers together. Along with reviving the farm, Nora attempts to rekindle that lost love.
When she learns of unanswered questions surrounding her French origins, the mystery leads Nora to Paris and a magical encounter with the world of death, then to southern France, where she makes a startling discovery that solves the century-old puzzle. On her return, an unexpected event pits Nora’s interests against her mother’s. At the same time, Nora finds herself facing insurmountable odds in her quest for love, until the odds suddenly change.
Ipswich, Mon Amour — now in Kindle ebook (.99 for a limited time) and paperback at Amazon.com.
The Kindle ebook is available to Kindle Unlimited subscribers.
The paperback is in stock locally at Tidal Pages Bookshop in Ipswich, MA, and at Illume Books in Newburyport.
See what The Local News in Ipswich has to say about Ipswich, Mon Amour.
Check out the backstory, characters and themes: About the Novel.
Learn about the writer Stephen Burke: About the Author.
Photo Credit
(cropped) “Odd Fellows Hall and United Methodist Church, Ipswich MA” by John Phelan is licensed under CC BY 3.0.