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Also by Frank Delaney:

Jim Hawkins and the Curse of Treasure Island, March 2014
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The Matchmaker Of Kenmare, February 2011
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Shannon, March 2010
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Tipperary: A Novel, June 2008
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Ireland: A Novel, February 2008
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Simple Courage, July 2006
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SHANNON
By: Frank Delaney

Random House
March 2010
On Sale: February 23, 2010
402 pages
ISBN: 0812975960
EAN: 9780812975963
Paperback (reprint)
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Historical | Fiction Family Life

In the summer of 1922, Robert Shannon, a Marine chaplain and a young American hero of the Great War, lands in Ireland. He still suffers from shell shock, and his mentor hopes that a journey Robert had always wanted to make—to find his family roots along the banks of the River Shannon—will restore his equilibrium and his vocation. But there is more to the story: On his return from the war, Robert had witnessed startling corruption in the Archdiocese of Boston. He has been sent to Ireland to secure his silence—permanently. As Robert faces the dangers of a strife-torn Ireland roiling in civil war, the nation’s myths and people, its beliefs and traditions, unfurl healingly before him. And the River Shannon gives comfort to the young man who is inspired by the words of his mentor: “Find your soul and you’ll live.”