Almost Then
Trailer for my novel, Almost Then, published 2021.
On their twelfth birthday, twins Rathlin and Breacán Doherty witness a tragic accident that kills their parents in the forest behind their farm in Kintyre, Scotland. Despite their unique bond, the sister and brother grieve independently and, eventually separated, keep pull apart as they deal with their loss and grief. Separated in their teens, shocking secrets from each other. the emotional distance widens and is filled with secrets and lies. As they approach their twenty -seventh birthday, they vowcome back together to fight to fight to save their beloved home of their beloved Ballynoe, the house their parents raised them inin which they grew up. Its landscape, rich in folklore, and the ghosts of their mum and dad, parents, both bindss them together and tearss them apart. Against the backdrop of vivid childhood memories, the twins eventually unpickreveal their family secrettheir own secretes and uncover those of their family, revelations s, leadingwhich are shocking and far-reaching in their consequences. to tragedy and a hidden heritage neither expected.