{"product_id":"a-kennedy-affair-powerful-historical-ww2-fiction-about-friendship-and-forbidden-passion-inspired-by-true-events-9781399733861","title":"A Kennedy Affair: Powerful Historical Ww2 Fiction about Friendship and Forbidden Passion, Inspired by True Events","description":"When Kathleen 'Kick' Kennedy left London four years ago, Europe was facing war and Billy Cavendish, the man she loved, had told her he could never marry her. Now, as London stands a shell of its former self, Kick returns to volunteer with the Red Cross, determined to do what she can for the city that holds a part of her heart, and to reconnect with Billy - despite what London society thinks of her. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e For Lady Brigid Guinness, life is unrecognisable. She has swapped dinner parties, social engagements and high fashion for long shifts as a nurse helping wounded soldiers. And the only person she can really talk to is a man shunned by her inner circle. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When Sissy, a young Irish girl, arrives from Wicklow under the care of the Guinness family, she brings her own secrets and all three women begin to realise that in a time of war, friendship might be the only thing they can rely on. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Kennedy Affair\u003c\/i\u003e is a story of forbidden love, family discord, and how in the worst of times, we can discover the best of ourselves, and each other.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEmily Hourican is the author of nine novels and one book of non-fiction. Her first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Privileged\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in 2016, became an instant bestseller, and was short-listed for the Best Popular Fiction Award at the Irish Book Awards that year. She then published three more works of contemporary fiction, the last of which, \u003ci\u003eThe Outsider\u003c\/i\u003e, is being developed as a six-part TV series with Treasure Films, with Emily as screenwriter, supported by Screen Ireland. In 2019 she began writing historical fiction, and has since published four acclaimed, best-selling historical novels based on the Guinness and Kennedy families. The fifth, \u003ci\u003eA Kennedy Affair\u003c\/i\u003e, will be published in 2025. Emily is also an award-winning editor and journalist with the \u003ci\u003eSunday Independent\u003c\/i\u003e, Ireland's biggest-selling newspaper.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Hachette Mobius","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51589763727634,"sku":"9781399733861","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_085bfe0f-fed1-4150-92c6-aa9393dcc641.jpg?v=1756805519","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-kennedy-affair-powerful-historical-ww2-fiction-about-friendship-and-forbidden-passion-inspired-by-true-events-9781399733861","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}