The Silence of October

· Bolinda · Narrated by Ailish Jeffers
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As the seventh Samhain since their daughter's death approaches, Klara and Hector Armstrong are struggling to live a normal life in the company of grief. Klara, a former concert pianist, never wanted to be a mother, and is racked with a persistent guilt that she never loved her daughter in the way she should have. Hector, an academic, tries to find solace in work, but his passion project biography of poet Garret O'Malley is echoing truths he's spent his lifetime avoiding. An invitation to the Samhain Handfasting of their goddaughter Alice brings her mother, Klara's oldest friend Diane, back into their lives. Divorced and newly returned from New York, she arrives carrying secrets and with an agenda of her own. As the anniversary – and the handfasting – approach, old wounds reopen, hidden truths emerge, and their three lives converge towards a reckoning with loss, change and the complexities of love.
As the seventh Samhain since their daughter's death approaches, Klara and Hector Armstrong are struggling to live a normal life in the company of grief. Klara, a former concert pianist, never wanted to be a mother, and is racked with a persistent guilt that she never loved her daughter in the way...

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About the author

Sharon Guard is an Irish author who holds an MA in Creative writing from UL. Her work has appeared in New Irish Writing, SWERVE magazine, The Ogham Stone and the Washing Windows anthologies. She won the Molly Keane Creative Writing Award 2020 and has had short fiction and poetry listed for other competitions and publications. Assembling Ailish (2026) is her acclaimed debut novel.

Ailish Jeffers is a versatile voice actor from Dublin, Ireland, with over two decades of experience. She began her career voicing characters in Irish-language animation and now narrates audiobooks for children and adults in both English and Irish (Gaeilge). Ailish is also a trusted voice in radio campaigns, corporate narration, e-learning, podcasts, and radio drama. She brings warmth, clarity, and character to every performance, and is the voice of Nina Carberry’s Rowan Tree Stables audiobook series.

Sharon Guard is an Irish author who holds an MA in Creative writing from UL. Her work has appeared in New Irish Writing, SWERVE magazine, The Ogham Stone and the Washing Windows anthologies. She won the Molly Keane Creative Writing Award 2020 and has had short fiction and poetry listed for other ...

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