The World Starts Anew, Jean Grainger
The World Starts Anew, Jean Grainger
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The World Starts Anew
The Star and the Shamrock Series - Book 4

Author: Jean Grainger

Narrator: Siobhan Waring

Unabridged: 7 hr 35 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Jean Grainger

Published: 09/24/2023

Synopsis

Ballycreggan, Northern Ireland, 1955 Erich Bannon is happy in the small Irish village he has thought of as home since he arrived as a terrified, traumatised seven year old, one of the last Jewish children to escape Berlin in 1939. Now at twenty-three, it feels like all of his friends are drawn to The Promised Land, and he can understand why, but Israel is not for him. One by one, they leave, and Erich is bereft.He feels lost but a chance encounter with an Irish Catholic girl gives him hope. All he and Róisín want is to be allowed to love each other but the traditions and rules of their backgrounds forbid it. By the time he learns that Róisín wasn’t honest with him about her family and what kind of people they really are, it is too late and he finds himself unwittingly embroiled in a dangerous world from which there seems to be no escape.When Róisín disappears, events take a sinister turn and Erich wonders if their relationship really was all he thought it was.. Reluctant to place his family in danger, he has to solve his problems alone, something he’s never had to do before. From rural Ireland, to the glitz of 1950’s America, from the orange groves of Israel to the dark streets of post-war Liverpool, The World Starts Anew, is the fourth book in the best-selling Star and the Shamrock series.

About Jean Grainger

Jean Grainger is an Irish bestselling author who specializes in contemporary as well as historical fiction. Once a tour guide for Ireland, she went on to become an English and history teacher in a secondary school for boys. The winner of the 2016 Author's Circle Historical Novel of Excellence, she currently resides with her husband and children in rural County Cork, Ireland.

About Siobhan Waring

Siobhan Waring is a British audiobook narrator and voiceover artist. An Earphones Award winner and the winner of the 2021 Independent Audiobook Award for Best Female Narrator, she has recorded over sixty books in a wide range of genres. She also records voiceover for e-Learning, radio, commercial, online, corporate, and documentary applications.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Sandra

Totally Amazing - I think I can safely say that this is my favourite Jean Grainger story, and I have read every single one of them. After all, in this time of Covid-19, what could be better than to have the message 'The World Starts Anew' as in this quote from the book: ‘And as I told your brother,......more

Goodreads review by Howard

I got caught up in this continuing saga and I loved it. Being able to follow the characters from the start of their journey through the growth of the characters is most enjoying. Sorry for the bad review, not really good at reviewing.......more

Goodreads review by Lisa

I really enjoyed this series, and the narrator has the most beautiful Irish and other accents (though I have no way to verify if they're authentic or not; they are very enjoyable!). This is #4 of The Star and the Shamrock series, WWII and following, interactions with Jewish children from the Kindert......more

Goodreads review by Maggie

I enjoyed The World Starts Anew more than Book 3. In addition to the Jewish content, I especially appreciated how expertly Jean Grainger reintroduced the many characters from Books 1-3 without TMI, and how she kept so many plot balls in the air without dropping them. I was impressed at how well she......more

Goodreads review by Sarah

Book four in The Star and the Shamrock Series. This book focuses on Erich, the little Jewish boy who rode the Kindertransport in the first book. At 23, he has found a girlfriend. Will her and her family accept him as Jew? An adventure ensues. Will the community in Ireland still remain as one big hap......more

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