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The Hourglass

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Beyond high iron gates fastened with a length of chain, lies stark, beautiful Trawbawn. Here, hainted by a dark and mysterious past, and largely ignored by the people of nearby Skibbereen, lives the fragile Lydia Beauchamp. One day a starnger …

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Beyond high iron gates fastened with a length of chain, lies stark, beautiful Trawbawn. Here, hainted by a dark and mysterious past, and largely ignored by the people of nearby Skibbereen, lives the fragile Lydia Beauchamp. One day a starnger arrives - a young man named Adam - who becomes Lydia's first contact with the outside world. She sends him on a quest - to track down her estranged daughter in Dublin.

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"Beyond high iron gates fastened with a length of chain, lies stark, beautiful Trawbawn. Here, hainted by a dark and mysterious past, and largely ignored by the people of nearby …"

— Margaret

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