Can’t Wait Wednesday #46 - The Connellys of County Down

Can’t Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Wishful Endings, to spotlight and discuss the books we’re excited about that we have yet to read. Generally they’re books that have yet to be released. It’s based on Waiting on Wednesday, hosted by the Jill at Breaking the Spine. So let me introduce you my Can’t Wait Wednesday #46 pick! Click on the book’s cover to add it to your Goodreads shelf.

Publishes: August 1, 2023 by Celadon Books.
Length: 288 pages.
Genre: Women’s Fiction

From The Publisher:

When Tara Connelly is released from prison after serving eighteen months on a drug charge, she knows rebuilding her life at thirty years old won’t be easy. With no money and no prospects, she returns home to live with her siblings, who are both busy with their own problems. Her brother, a single dad, struggles with the ongoing effects of a brain injury he sustained years ago, and her sister’s fragile facade of calm and order is cracking under the burden of big secrets. Life becomes even more complicated when the cop who put her in prison keeps showing up unannounced, leaving Tara to wonder what he wants from her now.

While she works to build a new career and hold her family together, Tara finds a chance at love in a most unlikely place. But when the Connellys’ secrets start to unravel and threaten her future, they all must face their worst fears and come clean, or risk losing each other forever.

The Connellys of County Down is a moving novel about testing the bounds of love and loyalty. It explores the possibility of beginning our lives anew, and reveals the pitfalls of shielding each other from the bitter truth.

Why I Can’t Wait to Read The Connellys of County Down:

I was invited to read this book by the publisher and was immediately intrigued by the synopsis. I appreciate stories about family and I’m looking forward to finding out how Tara starts over.

Does this book sound like one you’d like to read? Or, have you been lucky enough to have already read it? Let me know in the comments!