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Caroline Doherty de Novoa

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Rechtmäßiger Name
Doherty de Novoa, Caroline
Geschlecht
female
Nationalität
Ireland
Land (für Karte)
Colombia
Geburtsort
Strabane, Northern Ireland
Wohnorte
Northern Ireland, UK
Manchester, England, UK
Madrid, Spain
Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
New York, USA
London, England, UK (Zeige alle 7)
Bogotá, Colombia
Ausbildung
Manchester University, UK
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Caroline Doherty de Novoa was born in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. Over the years she has called Bogotá, Manchester, Madrid, Oxford and London home. She has worked as both a lawyer and a teacher; she is now a writer and an entrepreneur. Her home is wherever she and her husband Juan are together.

Her first novel, Dancing with Statues was published by Papen Press in early 2013. She is currently working on her second.

Caroline travels extensively, writing about hotels and travel along the way.

You can follow her at www.carolinedohertydenovoa.com

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Dancing With Statues von Caroline Doherty de Novoa
Miguel, a lawyer from Colombia, is one of a team in Northern Ireland seeking the truth about specific events from "the Troubles" as part of the peace process. When Laura was a teenager, her mother committed suicide soon after the horrendous bomb attack now being investigated by Miguel. While delving into the past other secrets are revealed. Although this book could be classified as a romance, it is no sappy love story, but tale of mysteries and secrets uncovered and the eventual recovery of those involved. Miguel is an endearing, cheerful character, while Laura is more serious and introverted - I felt like shaking her sometimes before remembering all that she had come through. The story was an interesting mix of revisiting the past and of how those events can affect the relationships of today. It is a satisfying story told without sentimentality.

The title is taken from a scene in the book where Miguel dances with Laura among the group of 18 foot high metal sculptures known as "Let the Dance Begin". The sculptures, by are by Maurice Harron, are in Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland on what was once the site of a border crossing checkpoint.… (mehr)
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