THE BALLROOM CAFE LAUNCHED TO THE WORLD.
IT WAS A NIGHT TO REMEMBER.
The launch was in Dubray Books, Grafton Street, Dublin, Ireland and we had a full house. Campbell Brown and Alison McBride of Black & White Publishing were kind enough to fly in for the launch.
They presented me with scented peony roses - so Ballroom Café!
We had wonderful mini cupcakes that Ella O'Callaghan would be proud of beautifully displayed on three tier cake stands.
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"A lovely first novel," Bestselling author Cathy Kelly.'
A warm and engaging story in a unique and original setting. I loved journeying through the lives of these fascinating characters. A beautifully drawn, skilfully written, well-researched novel.' --KATE KERRIGAN, New York Times bestselling author of The Ellis Island Trilogy
'A lovely story of two women with the courage to confront the injustices of the past, bringing light to a dark corner of Ireland s recent history.' --KATHLEEN MACMAHON, bestselling author of This Is How It Ends
HERE IS A STORY WHICH APPEARED IN THE IRISH EXAMINER ON THE LAUNCH
http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/the-ballroom-cafeacute-features-heady-brew-of-hate-and-scandal-337802.html#.VYO2GC2u1P4.facebookThe Ballroom Café’ features heady brew of hate and scandal
By Stephen RogersIrish Examiner Reporter
Irish Examiner journalist Ann O’Loughlin last night launched her debut novel based on the forced adoption of Irish children in institutions to the US.
Set at the height of the recession in Ireland in a crumbling mansion, The Ballroom Café focuses on two elderly sisters, Ella and Roberta O’Callaghan, who live alone with their secrets, memories, and mutual hatred. When they are threatened with bankruptcy, Ella converts the mansion’s old ballroom into a café.
But Ella finds herself reliving painful memories when Debbie, an American woman searching for her birth mother, begins working at the café. As the local convent comes under scrutiny, the O’Callaghan sisters find themselves caught up in an adoption scandal that dates back to the 1960s and spreads all the way across the Atlantic Ocean.
Set at the height of the recession in Ireland in a crumbling mansion, The Ballroom Café focuses on two elderly sisters, Ella and Roberta O’Callaghan, who live alone with their secrets, memories, and mutual hatred. When they are threatened with bankruptcy, Ella converts the mansion’s old ballroom into a café.
But Ella finds herself reliving painful memories when Debbie, an American woman searching for her birth mother, begins working at the café. As the local convent comes under scrutiny, the O’Callaghan sisters find themselves caught up in an adoption scandal that dates back to the 1960s and spreads all the way across the Atlantic Ocean.
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