On the morning of her second wedding, Harri Ryan is rushed
to a Dublin hospital with a panic attack. Since she has
already left the same fiancé, James, at the altar once
before, this time he says goodbye and moves out of their
shared apartment.
Harri is heartbroken, and although her twin brother George
tries to cheer her up, she feels like something is really
wrong with her. Her parents know more than they are letting
on, and they are clearly hiding something. When George and
Harri confront them, the news their parents share is
devastating to the entire family. With knowledge of the
truth of her past, Harri must now work to discover where
the future will lead.
Harri is supported by her close group of friends. Her
interior design business partner, Susan, is miserable in a
marriage where her husband rejects and ignore her. Melissa
is an overstressed working mother of two whose husband
doesn't understand why she is unhappy. And Aidan, her twin
brother's long-suffering boyfriend, is trying to find his
own happiness.
Irish writer Anna McPartlin develops her characters
to give us fully realized human beings who love, laugh,
betray, feel guilty, forgive and are ultimately redeemed.
Interspersed through the chapters are entries from a
mysterious diary of a teenage girl living in a small Irish
town almost 30 years earlier, which add a delicious and
intriguing depth to the present-day story as more
characters appear in both narratives. I highly recommend
this excellent exploration of one woman's search for
herself. This novel is well-developed women's fiction, with
warmth and humor and a true understanding of what it means
to love yourself and your family.
When bride-to-be
Harri Ryan ends up at the ER with a panic attack on her
wedding day, her twin brother, George, jokes that she's
the most glamorous patient there. But this is no joke.
It's Harri's second try at the wedding, and when she
returns to her Dublin apartment, her fiancé, James, has
already packed his belongings. Harri doesn't want to lose
him, but she doesn't know how to convince James it won't
happen a third time.
George, who knows Harri better than
anyone, has a hunch there's more to the story than cold
feet. He confronts their parents, who are acting
strangely -- as if they're hiding a secret. And the truth
they reluctantly reveal devastates both twins. Now, not
only has Harri lost James, but George's relationship with
his partner, Aidan, begins to fall apart, and both twins
have to fight to hold on to those they love -- and to
themselves. As the world they thought they knew crumbles
around them, can Harri and George find a way to pick up
the pieces before it's too late?
In her newest novel,
talented young Irish writer Anna McPartlin paints a rich,
multi-textured picture of ordinary people swept up in a
scandal they never could have imagined. As Sure as the
Sun manages to tickle your funny bone, tug at your
heartstrings, and remind you never to give up on love.
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