A Tent for the Sun: A Story of Extraordinary Love - Paperback

by Mary Ellen Feron (Author)

County Mayo, Ireland. 1835. Meg, aristocratic, beautiful, the daughter of an earl. Tom, strong, darkly handsome, ever at her service. It never occurred to either of them that soon, their lives would be turned upside down in the utmost way.

Lovers from different classes, their union threatened from the start by a political system that reaches its long tentacles into the very heart of both castle and cottage.

Filled with passion and adventure, Tom and Meg, sustained by different faiths, take us on a spiritual journey as they face their uncertain future.

Author Biography

Mary Ellen Feron is the maiden name and pen name of Mary Ellen Zablocki, who lives in Buffalo, New York with her husband, Ed. She has two married sons, Francis and Paul. Her writing is done in her 1911 living room on a roll top desk surrounded by over fifty antique family photos spanning three centuries and two continents. Ms. Feron began writing in high school and has primarily published essays, poetry and spiritual works. She was first published in 1985 in New Covenant Magazine followed by articles and poetry in Franciscan publications The Cord and Tau USA. Her short story, "Sweet Gloria" took second place in The Buffalo News first annual short story contest in 2005. Her most recently published poem, "Night Psalm", can be found in Prayers from Franciscan Hearts, by Paula Pearce, SFO (St. Anthony Messenger Press, 2007) Mary Ellen Feron presents A Tent for the Sun as the first novel of a trilogy. Books two and three: My Tears, My Only Bread and White Dawn Rising will be available in early 2013.