Determined to uncover the truth - and desperately in need of the money - the sisters set out on a journey to Ireland, tracing their family’s roots and the origins of the portrait. What begins as a search for answers soon becomes something deeper - a reckoning with the past, as they uncover secrets that span generations and reshape everything they thought they knew about their family.
With tensions simmering, the two hit the road and find themselves on twisty lanes, in colorful villages, at local pubs and with handsome men whose gift of the gab is surpassed only by their charm.
Thirty-something sisters Maeve and Therese haven’t been close for years. After their mother dies, they find out that instead of splitting the family home, they discover their mother had taken out a second loan and there's almost $400,000 owing. In addition to inheriting is a painting that could be valuable (if it's real), their mother also left them a coffee can with a small amount of money with the stipulation that they use the cash to take a trip to Ireland to figure out the painting’s history and learn more about their family’s past. When they arrive in Ireland, the sisters deal with old tensions, unexpected discoveries and a mystery tied to their ancestors. Along the way, they meet new people, uncover long-buried secrets and slowly start to reconnect with each other.
I thought this story was okay. It was more serious than I was expecting from the description. It's not really a "road trip" as they don't venture much further from the town in Ireland Kathleen, their great grandmother, was originally from. It's written in third person perspective in Maeve, Theresa and Kathleen's voices. In the beginning, it jumps back and forth in time to Kathleen's time (which I found interesting) and the sisters' present time. I found it a bit draggy at times and could have been tighter. As a head's up, there is swearing and some adult activity.
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