Stones Corner - Turmoil
Volume 1
by Jane Buckley
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Pub Date Jan 12 2021 | Archive Date Jun 05 2023
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Description
STONES CORNER: Volume 1 TURMOIL.
Signed copies are available at www.janebuckleywrites.com or www.buythebook.ie
I wrote this novel to remind the world that the precious, brittle peace we have here in Northern Ireland must remain, and we must never return to the dark days of the Troubles. As a result, Turmoil is an intense, gripping thriller with numerous twists, turns and plots but with lessons learnt.
It is the first in the fictional Stones Corner tetralogy, Darkness September 2021, Light (Autumn 2022), and Hope (Winter 2023). It is an honest, unbiased, hard-hitting story. If you love a terrific thriller with individual stories that form a cliffhanging ending, this book is for you!
Turmoil will take you to Derry, 1972, where you'll smell the CS gas, hear the swoosh of petrol bombs and British army Saracens in full throttle charging along the narrow streets. You'll witness the carnage of ordinary people living their daily lives, interned or injured in bomb blasts and feel empathy for the men and women determined to keep their families and friends safe and secure.
Beyond this lies a discriminatory love story, an endeavour by a young, determined Scot to save women's jobs in a local shirt factory. Finally, a naive British soldier is confused about why he is hated and how his sentiment evolves through grief.
Advance Praise
Jun 25, 2021: Siobhan Prendergast rated it 5* Goodreads.com
It was amazing!
Jane has a wonderful way of writing, she gently guides the reader into the story and without realising when the transition happened you find yourself sitting alongside her characters or walking the streets of Derry city with them. Walking to the factory with the young Catholic Caitlín and her best friend, listening to them chat, I felt I was laughing with them. I cried too when on a much-anticipated shopping trip, one of the young, innocent girls was brutally injured by a bomb blast – an everyday occurrence.
The reality of life in Northern Ireland was brought home in the words of Jane Buckley as she led us through the Troubles of Derry City and the lives shattered by the conflict and war. How could we empathise with the handsome but privileged James, nephew of the factory owner – but yet, somehow, we do! We feel Caitlin's youthful anticipation of first love through her dangerous liaison with the Scottish protestant James. We somehow understand how the youth can be cajoled or angered into uprise and violence. Above all, we feel the joy and the utter heartbreak and devastation that the conflict has on all families and all individuals – no one escapes unscathed.
A superbly constructed thriller, written in a style accessible to those of us who may never really understand what it is like to live in a war zone; the backdrop for their lives it's not extraordinary to them; it is, shockingly, their everyday lives. Stones Corner really makes this clear to the reader, despite the warzone, despite the bombings, the threat, and the constant fear, these real people must live their lives.
This book transports us into the very shoes of the characters and allows us for a short time to walk in their shoes and hear their thoughts, and feel their emotions.
A thriller with a lot of backbone and enormous depth keeps the reader holding his breath to see what will happen next.
I loved it, and I am so looking forward to the sequel. Thanks to Jane Buckley for Stones Corner. Read it!
Available Editions
| ISBN | 9781912328710 |
| PRICE | $7.00 (USD) |
| PAGES | 472 |
