Heart of the Lonely Exile

BJ Hoff

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In Heart of the Lonely Exile, Book Two of BJ Hoff's acclaimed and bestselling Emerald Ballad series, readers will find heroine Nora Kavanagh struggling to build a new life for herself and her son Daniel in America. With help from a wealthy American family and friendship and support from a British gentleman, Nora nevertheless finds herself caught in a conflict of the heart.Michael Burke, a strong, dedicated Irish policeman, desperately wants to keep his promise to his best friend Morgan Fitzgerald to marry Nora and protect her. But Nora's instincts urge her to resist Michael's proposal and follow her heart in a different direction....More troubling still, in the midst of her personal struggle, the heartaches from her homeland continue to plague her.Heart of the Lonely Exile continues the saga of the Kavanagh pilgrimage-a journey of the soul in a strange new land, where all those who are exiles and aliens seek to finally find their true home.

Sujets

• Historical romance

Informations

• Publié par: Harvest House Publishers
• Date de parution: 01 juillet 2010
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780736939683
• Langue: English

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Critical Acclaim for
Song of the Silent Harp
B OOK O NE OF T HE E MERALD B ALLAD S ERIES
This popular novel of the Famine period glows with love and faith amid the hardships, and even cruelty, of life under absentee landlords in 19th century Ireland.
The author has created a cast of complex characters in a panorama that stretches from County Mayo to Dublin, London, and eventually New York where the Kavanaghs are to work out their destiny.
All the color and imagery of a film enliven this story as it unfolds against a background of aborted revolution, disappointed love, the elemental struggle for life fulfillment in a harsh society.
Rarely has a novel captured so authentically the enduring faith of the Irish peasant that sustains Nora Kavanagh through the tribulation and struggle of that harrowing period.
This is a compelling and uplifting read that adds to an understanding of Ireland in the last century.
E OIN M C K IERNAN , F OUNDER , I RISH A MERICAN C ULTURAL I NSTITUTE
T HE E MERALD B ALLAD S ERIES by BJ Hoff
Song of the Silent Harp Heart of the Lonely Exile Land of a Thousand Dreams Sons of an Ancient Glory Dawn of the Golden Promise
Heart of the Lonely Exile
T HE E MERALD B ALLAD
BJ H OFF

HARVEST HOUSE PUBLISHERS
EUGENE, OREGON
All Scripture quotations not marked otherwise in this publication are from the Holy Bible, New International Version. Copyright 1973, 1978, International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan Bible Publishers.
Verses marked AMP are from the Amplified Bible. Old Testament copyright 1965, 1987 by the Zondervan Corporation. The Amplified New Testament copyright 1958, 1987 by the Lockman Foundation. Used by permission.
With the exception of recognized historical figures, the characters in this novel are fictional, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.
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The village of Killala in County Mayo, Ireland, does exist. The suffering that took place there and throughout Ireland during the Great Hunger of the 1840s was all too real and has been documented in numerous journals. Nevertheless, it is depicted herein by fictional characters.
Previously published as Heart of the Lonely Exile, book two of An Emerald Ballad series, Bethany House Publishers.
HEART OF THE LONELY EXILE Copyright 1991 by BJ Hoff Published 2010 by Harvest House Publishers Eugene, Oregon 97402 www.harvesthousepublishers.com
ISBN 978-0-7369-2789-5
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A BOUT BJ H OFF

BJ Hoff s bestselling historical novels continue to cross the boundaries of religion, language, and culture to capture a worldwide reading audience. In addition to The Emerald Ballad series, her books include such popular titles as Song of Erin and American Anthem and bestselling series such as The Riverhaven Years and The Mountain Song Legacy. Her stories, although set in the past, are always relevant to the present. Whether her characters move about in Ireland or America, in small country towns or metropolitan areas, reside in Amish settlements or in coal company houses, she creates communities where people can form relationships, raise families, pursue their faith, and experience the mountains and valleys of life.
A direct descendant of Irish ancestors who came to this country before the Revolutionary War, BJ brings a decade of historical research and strong personal involvement to The Emerald Ballad series. Her understanding of the Irish people-their history, their struggles, their music, their indomitable spirit-lends to her writing all the passion and power of her own Irish heritage. BJ and her husband make their home in Ohio.
For a complete listing of BJ s books published by Harvest House Publishers, turn to page 377.
Acknowledgments
My warmest thanks and appreciation to Harvest House Publishers for publishing this new edition of Heart of the Lonely Exile, the second book of The Emerald Ballad series, and for their ongoing support and encouragement of my work. Much gratitude is due the late Dr. Eoin McKiernan for the information and assistance he so kindly and patiently provided throughout the development of this series. Thanks also to the following: the late Thomas Gallagher of New York City; William Hughes of Baltimore, Maryland; Patrick Mead of Lake Orion, Michigan.
Contents
About BJ Hoff
Acknowledgments
A Pronunciation Guide for Proper Names
Prologue: Donal Son of Eoin
P ART O NE
SUMMER BALLAD NEW HORIZONS
1 Friends Old and New
2 Before the Night
3 Valley of Shadows
4 Hope of Heaven
5 A Plan and a Prayer
6 The Church in Paradise Square
7 Confrontation
8 A Self-made Man
9 Unnatural Enemies
10 The Cry of the Victim
11 The Music of the Heart
12 Arthur
13 Secret Sighs
14 Lament for the Land
15 Binding Wounds and Broken Hearts
16 A Night at the Opera
17 Unexpected Interlude
18 Fitzgerald Is Fallen
P ART T WO
WINTER LAMENT GATHERING SHADOWS
19 A Pocketful of Money
20 Tearing Down Walls
21 A Christmas Like No Other
22 Vigil Before the Dawn
23 Between Destiny and Despair
24 An Encounter with Annie Delaney
25 Whisper of Hope, Sigh of Regret
26 A Heavy Sorrow
27 Nora s Dream
28 Love Found, Love Lost
29 Morgan s Promise
P ART T HREE
SPRINGTIME ANTHEM RAINBOW VISTAS
30 Dublin: Darkness and Daybreak
31 A Demented Child in Dublin
32 Friends and Lovers
33 Keen for a Fallen Friend
34 The World and Nelson Hall
35 Finola
36 Night Winds
37 A Conspiracy of Love
38 The Wounds of a Friend
39 Wishes of the Heart
40 No Hope Apart from God
41 Secrets of the Lonely Heart
42 Wedding Gifts
43 The Wedding Day
Epilogue: Ride with the Wind
Discussion Questions
A Note from the Author
Other fine BJ Hoff Books Published by Harvest House Publishers
Great reviews for BJ Hoff s Mountain Song Legacy trilogy
About the Publisher
A Pronunciation Guide for Proper Names
Aidan
den
Drogheda
Draw he guh
Eoin
Owen

(older form of John)
Finola
Fi n la

(from Fionnuala)
Killala
Kil l l
Seanchai
Shan a kee
Tierney
Teer ney
How shall we sing the Lord s song in a strange land?
PSALM 137:4 ( AMP )
PROLOGUE
Donal, Son of Eoin
And through the dread, dread night, And long, that steeped our island then, The lamps of hope and fires of faith Were fed by these brave men.
SEUMAS MACMANUS (1869-1960)
Ballina (Western Ireland) 1705
D onal the Twin, son of Eoin Kavanagh, sneaked away from his nephew s cottage before dawn on Sunday morning.
He took nothing with him save the Kavanagh harp slung over his back and his few meager items of clothing, wrapped and knotted onto a stick like a peddler s pack. Around his neck he tied his shoes-thin as pages from an old book; he would save them for later, when the snow came.
Half-sliding, then stumbling the rest of the way down the scrubby incline, Donal waited a moment to catch his breath before getting to his feet. Turning, he rubbed his bruised ribs as he allowed himself one final look at the dark hillside hut that had sheltered him for weeks.
While it grieved him to leave without a final goodbye to Taber and Ellen, he knew it was best to go like this, unnoticed. Now his nephew and family could in all honesty plead ignorance when the British soldiers came.
Ah, but he would miss them-would miss the children s laughter at early light, their evening prayers at sunset. It had been a grand thing to be part of a family again, if only for a brief time.

Blinking against the sudden sting in his eyes, Donal drew in a ragged sigh, then turned his face toward the north. For months now, a number of families in and near Killala had been pleading with him to return and resume a hedge school for their children. Perhaps God was speaking through last evening s narrow escape to call him away from the comfort and safety of Taber s home.
Still, it was a hard thing, harder now than ever before, for Donal knew that, this time, he would not be going back. From now on he would live as a fugitive in the wilds of Mayo, without hearth or home.
There were still good people willing to shelter a renegade schoolmaster or priest, of course-the kindly Brownes and the Elliots, although Protestants, had hidden him more than once. But it went hard for those who dared to harbor an outlaw Catholic schoolmaster, and Donal could no longer live with the fact that he might subject others-especially his own nephew-to the risk.
There was winter on the wind in this hour before dawn. Donal butted his head against the cold, wrapping his cloak more tightly about his throat as he started north. Even in the darkness, it was evident that the countryside had taken on the bleak appearance of early November. Gnarled tree branches, stripped of their leaves, writhed upward, specters in the cloud-veiled light of the new moon. The red bog had gone dull and barren, and the low mountains of Mayo loomed, desolate and lonely and forbidding.
A pool of melancholy stirred somewhere deep inside Donal s spirit, and he shuddered beneath his cloak.
He approached the small whitewashed cottage of Bran O Gara, his closest friend-in truth, his only friend. Suddenly he stopped, startled by the sight of Bran s thin, birdlike figure swooping out the door, lantern in hand. Protected from the elements by only a threadbare jacket, Bran flailed hi