Rural Irish girl Ellie loves living in New York, working as a ladys maid for a wealthy socialite. She tries to persuade her husband, John, to join her but he is embroiled in his affairs in Ireland, and caught up in the civil war. Nevertheless, Ellie is extremely happy and fully embraces her sophisticated new life. Paperback , 357 pages Published May 11th 2011 (first published October 2nd 2009)