The World Starts Anew

The Star and the Shamrock Series, Book 4

By: Jean Grainger

Narrated by: Siobhan Waring

Ballycreggan, Northern Ireland, 1955

Erich Bannon is happy in the small Irish village he has thought of as home since he arrived as a terrified, traumatised seven year old, one of the last Jewish children to escape Berlin in 1939. Now at twenty-three, it feels like all of his friends are drawn to The Promised Land, and he can understand why, but Israel is not for him.

One by one, they leave, and Erich is bereft. He feels lost but a chance encounter with an Irish Catholic girl gives him hope. All he and Róisín want is to be allowed to love each other but the traditions and rules of their backgrounds forbid it. By the time he learns that Róisín wasn’t honest with him about her family and what kind of people they really are, it is too late and he finds himself unwittingly embroiled in a dangerous world from which there seems to be no escape.

When Róisín disappears, events take a sinister turn and Erich wonders if their relationship really was all he thought it was.. Reluctant to place his family in danger, he has to solve his problems alone, something he’s never had to do before.

From rural Ireland, to the glitz of 1950’s America, from the orange groves of Israel to the dark streets of post-war Liverpool, The World Starts Anew, is the fourth book in the best-selling Star and the Shamrock series.

©2022 Gold Harp Media (P)2023 Jean Grainger

The World Starts Anew

I enjoyed this series and the characters. It follows the lives of Germans and Jews in WWII to Ireland with enough twists and turns to keep it interesting. Leaves one with a warm glow.

This is my third book about the same people

That I have come to know and love. The hero was the rabbi Great book and narrator was excellent Good and evil of people was shown racial and religious prejudices were played out in the characters which is as true today as pre ww2. My only problem was this.?Did the author suggest we compromise our sincerely held beliefs (Christianity) for the sake just getting along I stumbled on this once fact.

A touching lesson in humanity

This was the culmination of the wonderful series of The Star and the Shamrock. All four books are a must read.

Understanding the past…

Once again, this is a fascinating tale that sets the characters in an historical setting that gets glossed over in historical textbooks. I find it particularly interesting that Jean Grainger is able to take a different “side” of history in each of her series of books. Siobhan Waring is a master of character creation through her voice.

amazing story

Jean Grainger books are so good. I only listen to them on my commute to and from work. Sometimes, I stay in the car a few extra minutes just to keep listening. I am a full time single mom and listening to these books are the perfect ME time. I am not Irish but these books can be loved by anyone of any origin.