Book description
Three People . . . Beatrice Cullen - the beautiful,
career-driven Dubliner. So far she hasn't met anyone who has made her
want to give up her independent lifestyle and freedom. Until she
encounters . . . Damien Doyle - the charismatic Dean
of Students in a medical school in Dublin. But Damien is destined to
travel to India for the summer to oversee a charity project in Mumbai.
Once there, he is reunited with a former student . . . . . . the
passionate young doctor Iswara Singhanid who is
determined to go against her parents' wishes for her marriage and
her career. As Damien and Iswara work together in the intense heat of
Mumbai, Beatrice writes to Damien with news from home. But then
tragedy strikes and all three find themselves irrevocably joined as
tensions, prejudices and long-held traditions surface. Damien finds
himself torn between responsibility and love, friendship and duty.
From the leafy city parks of Dublin to the crowded streets of Mumbai,
Intentions is an intricately drawn story of love and commitment and of
the choices we all have to face.
'A perfect, escapist beach read with a serious edge'
Muriel Bolger is a well-known freelance journalist and editor. Award
winning travel writer and Irish Travel Writer of the Year, she has
written three guidebooks on her native city. Darting About, Statues and
Stories and Dublin's Magical Museums. (Ashfield Press). Her latest work
is a light-hearted look at Dublin writers from Swift to present day,
which she wrote to tie in with UNESCO awarding Dublin a City of
Literature status. Dublin - City of Literature (O'Brien Press) is due
for publication in 2011. Consequences is her first novel. It was written
at airports, in the sky and on faraway beaches and mountaintops. Its
inspiration was a white cat with patches of ginger who tried to steal
her lounger in Cyprus and who only features once in the story. She loves
jacaranda trees, marshmallows and Brazil nuts, but hates oysters, snakes
and chocolate cake!
