With All My Love
by Patricia Scanlan
3.8 of 5 stars
3.80 · rating details · 365 ratings · 102 reviews
A heartwarming novel about a shocking discovery that forever changes the lives of three generations of women.

When Briony McAllister takes a trip to visit her mother, Valerie, she uncovers a letter from her long-lost grandmother, bringing to light a nearly unforgivable act her mother has kept secret for decades. Having always believed that her grandparents didn’t want to see her, she finds that the opposite is true: her grandmother had been seeking her out all along, and it was her own mother who willfully kept them apart.

Devastated that her past has come back to haunt her, Valerie realizes that her daughter’s anger might cause their troubled family history to repeat itself in a new generation. Rich with emotion and featuring magnificent descriptions of Ireland, With All My Love deftly weaves the stories of the past and present to take us into the heart of a family at war. As the truth is revealed, so too are the complex yet enduring bonds between mothers and daughters.



Patricia's Bio

Former Dublin librarian Patricia Scanlan, (she worked for 17 years in Dublin Public Libraries) came to writing through a cash crisis. She had acquired a mortgage, her car was falling to bits, and she was broke. Although Patricia's first two novels have never been published, she became thoroughly addicted to writing whilst working on them, and now sees those books as very important stepping stones in her writing career.

And what a career that has been so far — in Ireland alone Patricia has to date sold over one million copies of her books, which include such bestsellers as City Girl, City Lives, City Woman, Apartment 3B, Finishing Touches, Foreign Affairs, Mirror Mirror, Promises Promises and Francesca's Party. All have gone straight to the number-one spot on the Irish bestseller lists. Her last four books have also been on the Sunday Times Top Ten.