Author Shirley A. Roe, once again, did not disappoint me.

NOW MY LIFE BEGINS

BY

SHIRLEY A. ROE

I was looking for a book to lose myself in, under my backyard apple tree, on a lazy summer day. And, I found it!

Shirley remains the master story teller, circa English/Irish culture in the late eighteen and early nineteen hundred´s. And, she has a way of making it hard to put one of her books down as there is always something of interest left hanging at the end of each chapter. Now My Life Begins once again demonstrates Shirley´s profound understanding of human nature in her complex multi-character development. This is an exquisite character study of a young girl who must leave her childhood love and small town for a major city. She experiences poverty, fear, love, female work prejudice, male arrogance and sexual brutality, childbirth and the death of love ones. But in the end she triumphs. If I told you how I would give away the best part of the plot!

Along this young girl´s way in life she encounters a variety of personalities that Shirley expertly develops. This book will grab your heart. Like me, you won´t be able to put it down!

Barry J. Walshe. author.

ISBN #978-1-84961-009-4

Realtime Publishing

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Shirley A. Roe is the author of seven historical fiction novels and the Managing Editor and founder of the well known and respected Allbooks Review. She is a sought after public speaker and is active in world literacy for children and teens. And, she has received a number of awards for poetry, business articles and her historical fiction.