First Life

First LifeSynopsis First Life, is a 110,000-word historical novel based on the events of my mother's life growing up in Scotland during WWII.As Chrissy matures, we see history from different perspectives. She survives a Germans blitz of her hometown Greenock and flees the Scottish Lowlands where her Second Sight awakens. Her grandmother cautions, "It's a gift from God, a blessing and a curse."Not even Second Sight warns her a close friend would be murdered. Still, Chrissy is determined...
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First LifeSynopsis First Life, is a 110,000-word historical novel based on the events of my mother's life growing up in Scotland during WWII.As Chrissy matures, we see history from different perspectives. She survives a Germans blitz of her hometown Greenock and flees the Scottish Lowlands where her Second Sight awakens. Her grandmother cautions, "It's a gift from God, a blessing and a curse."Not even Second Sight warns her a close friend would be murdered. Still, Chrissy is determined to get justice and prevent further killings. She becomes the bait to lure Kevin O'Brien, a murderer and spy, into a trap. But when his fate after capture is top secret, she fears he's escaped to make good his threat: "I'll kill you."Her second life starts when she immigrates to Canada after the war to marry and have a family. At eighteen, Chrissy's daughter Wendy is ready to write her own story. She worries she won't have the courage to face life's challenges. At college, Wendy makes friends with an Irish volunteer. Gradually, she realizes her new friend Seamus is really Kevin O'Brien. Both women stand together with only their wits and a good dose of Highland courage.