The Foolish Lovers

In Ballyards, even a drunkard’s boast has limits: London and New York may be bigger, but surely nowhere has men with such independent spirit.

In this fiercely proud Ulster town, neighbors measure their worth against one another—and Ballyards needs no proof that it is the finest of them all. John MacDermott shares that pride, but his uncles offer competing maps of the life ahead: Uncle Matthew dreams of the adventures waiting in foreign parts, while Uncle William swears there is no need to leave home. John longs for more than the familiar roads and settled expectations of Ballyards, and for a life touched by romance. But is adventure worth the risk of leaving the place that made him?

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