Books by Bernadette O'Connor

Nobody knows what lies Beneath the Veil. Clara grows up haunted by the dark secrets of her past: a deadly betrayal, unspoken and unspeakable. Clara is too scared to speak her truth, knowing she will be condemned and punished by her brother or Father Stanley or Padraig McDermott. Her silence a betrayal of her soul. As she listens through the silence that surrounds her, the blood-stained truth engulfs her and her family. She must symbolically cleanse herself of her sins while the endless penance to God continues through abuse, humiliation and beatings, is anyone listening to her? Will Clara rise from the darkness of her past and free herself from the indoctrination of her remote Irish Catholic village? Can her gypsy soul awaken and ascend the power of her feminine?

Let's Go Home, Finding There While Staying Here is a timeless tale of love and loss,truth, growth and spirituality that speaks to anyone who has ever felt lost.How do we find there while staying here - especially when darkness shrouds ourpath?This is the central question of Let's Go Home, Bernadette O'Connor's debut novel.It is the story of Halia, a beautiful free-spirited soul, and her quest to find there,the elusive weird and wonderful world of her childhood and of snowy mountainescapes.As she runs from her pain, Halia creates a façade to find acceptance in a worldwhere she feels lost, alone and misunderstood. She makes friends with Snow,who promises to take her home, only to slowly steal her soul. To the outside worldHalia has it all, but she sees through the façade she has carefully constructed.Knowing it can never be enough, she sticks a needle in her arm, desperatelyseeking there, unable to find it here.On her journey back, her father, who abandoned her as a child, teaches her tostop running and face her pain, and an enchanting wise woman, Tabitha entersher life and guides her through her darkness and the hidden stories within hersoul. In voyaging beyond her comfort to reclaim herself and find her way home,Halia discovers that there is a thin veil between joy and heartbreak, light and dark,here and there - will she lift the veil and embrace what lies beyond?