© 2018 Copyright Jane F. McCarthy
Jane McCarthy’s novel is about human responses to
sadness and joy
Where to buy
Jane’s novel is available at:
Amazon.com - click for paperback or Kindle
Island Books - Middletown, RI
How to contact me
I live in Narragansett, Rhode Island and am
willing to travel reasonable distances for book
signings and discussion groups.
Jane
“Wonderfully crafted and beautifully written,
this is a tale certain to engage and enthrall."
"All the Rest of Her Days is a poignant and provocative tale that touches our hearts as well
as our minds. Jane McCarthy's epic-like, multi-generational saga confronts its characters
with difficult choices that challenge their sensibilities in a way that's every bit the equal of
such genre stalwarts as Judith Guest and Alice Hoffman. Wonderfully crafted and
beautifully written, this is a tale certain to engage and enthrall." Jon Land
UPCOMING EVENTS
December
2nd, 9AM - 3 PM, Christmas Festival, Msgr. Clark School, Narragansett, RI
All events will have a wide variety of gift items for sale.
I have always been an avid reader preferably
accompanied by a cold glass of Pinot Grigio. As a
Registered Nurse I learned much about the human
response to sadness and joy. Friendships are
important to me. I admire loyalty, integrity and a
sense of humor which are the framework of who I
am. I rarely say “No” to a request especially if it
comes from one of my three daughters or from my
seven grandchildren. My husband and I have
travelled extensively. I began writing in my 60s
when a cousin in Ireland relayed her life story about
her adopted son.
I turned my cousin’s true story into a fictionalized
novel, All the Rest of Her Days. The work is rich
with detail: Maggie, the main character, is
courageous, a survivor and self -reliant.—attributes
to which I aspire.
Maggie's strength comes through in each chapter. Her
love of family, her acceptance of loss and her
acknowledgement of guilt are threaded throughout the
novel. People write about what they know and I have
infused characteristics which I admire such as self-
reliance and being a survivor into Maggie. Subsequently,
I have adapted some of Maggie's strengths that came out
in the writing such as acceptance and acknowledgement.
Currently, I am writing a second novel. In this one,
however, the main character is male. I look forward to
seeing how he develops. Perhaps I’ll see some of me in
him. I’m looking forward to the continuing conversations
I have with myself as the story develops.
Click here to see my book signing calendar.
NEW WORK IN PROCESS
I’m working on a second novel —
Two young men, a German, Karl Baum, and a wounded American soldier, John
Conway, encounter each other during WWII. This is their story.
For John Conway, signing up for the war was his duty but once he arrived in
Europe in 1943 duty became treacherous as death was a daily reminder of his
mortality.
Karl Baum lived in a village in southeast Germany where the sounds of war were
his daily reminder of death and destruction.
Karl comes upon a wounded John and brings him home in an attempt to heal his
wounds. What happens is an extraordinary story of two lives caught up in war,