The Woman of the House [WorldCat Entities]

"A nurse in 1950s Ireland battles a priest who opposes her project to open a school for children of farm workers. The priest is afraid her secular education will distance the children from the Church. By the author of Country Days."
"A nurse in 1950s Ireland battles a priest who opposes her project to open a school for children of farm workers. The priest is afraid her secular education will distance the children from the Church. By the author of Country Days."@en
"Alice Taylor evokes rural life with humour and humanity in this exceptional novel, a moving story of land, love and family. Generations of Phelans have occupied Mossgrove, working hard on their well-tended farm, improving the land and livestock. They have played their part in the social life of the small cluster of farming families around, surviving a feud with unscrupulous neighbours. But suddenly and unexpectedly the farm comes under threat from within, and the family is torn asunder."@en
"The Phelans have owned Mossgrove for generations. The small, rural Irish farm has been the pride of them all until Ned's wife, Martha, arrives and begins to undermine generations of hard work and happiness. She resents the deep history of the place and sets about making it her own, shutting out what is left of Ned's family. She is particularly jealous of Ned's sister Kate, a successful local nurse and doting aunt to Martha's children. When Ned dies suddenly, Martha puts Mossgrove up for sale in hopes that it will be bought by the neighboring Conways, who have long coveted the Phelan farm. What."@en
"The Phelans have occupied the same home in the village of Kilmeen for generations. But as the farm is handed on to the younger generation in the early 1950's, their longtime home is threatened from within."@en
"When Kate's brother dies, his wife Martha is determined to sell the family home and move away from their small Irish village, but Kate is willing to try anything to prevent her family home from landing in the hands of strangers."
"When Kate's brother dies, his wife Martha is determined to sell the family home and move away from their small Irish village, but Kate is willing to try anything to prevent her family home from landing in the hands of strangers."@en