The Yellow House : A Novel (Paperback)

from ShouldIReadIt

The story of how Ireland came to be a divided country is told in this historical fiction story. Eileen O'Neill has a love for her ancestral home that will not die despite losing it, both her parents, most of her family and the passage of years. Her dreams of someday returning to the Yellow House ...

from TheCrowdedLeaf

Occasionally an epic story comes along that makes the reader cry at the end of the novel. I am that reader, and The Yellow House is that novel. Spanning the early twentieth century, set in Northern Ireland during the time of the Irish revolution, we follow Eileen O'Neill, warrior, daughter, and s...

from Staciele

I got this book back in 2010 when I won it from a blog. Unfortunately, I didn't keep track where I won it from though. Since then it has been sitting on my To Read shelf, patiently waiting. Then a few weeks ago, I saw it listed as the Kindle Deal of the Day for $2.99. I had recently started a min...

from tanya2009

This is the story of a young woman fighting to reunite her family and reclaim their ancestral home during the war for Irish independence. I really liked this story and highly recommend reading it.

from Quiltinfun06

Eileen O'Neill is a young girl when she sees her family home burned and her Dad killed. She fleas with her baby brother, Paddy and her fathers fiddle. She vows that she will return one day, rebuild the yellow house and reunite her family. She marries a man she thinks she loves and loves a man she...