The Judge's Wife - A Novel
Ann O'Loughlin
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
Summary
•Shortlisted for the 2017 Romantic Novelists Association's RoNA Award in the Epic Romantic Novel Category •This is the second novel by Ann O'Loughlin, whose first book, The Ballroom Cafe, published by Skyhorse as The Secrets of Roscarbury Hall, was a bestseller in the UK. •The Judge’s Wife tells the poignant, emotional story of a forbidden love and an adulterous affair, revealed in a twisted plot that unveils long-buried family secrets spanning decades and continents. •The author is a veteran journalist in Ireland, where she has worked with the Irish Independent, the Evening Herald, and is currently a senior journalist with the Irish Examiner covering legal issues. •The Judge's Wife shines a light on the misuse of psychiatric care facilities in Ireland to control people who rebelled against conservative values, like the convents in the Irish adoption scandal and homes for wayward women.