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Jennifer Deibel joins us for a chat about living in Europe, her love for The Lord of the Rings, Irish traditions, and her latest release, Heart of the Glen. Don’t forget to enter to win a copy of this great book!
About the author:
Jennifer Deibel is the bestselling and award-winning author of A Dance in Donegal, The Lady of Galway Manor and The Maid of Ballymacool. Her work has appeared on (in)courage, on The Better Mom, in Missions Mosaic magazine, and others. With firsthand immersive experience abroad, Jennifer writes stories that help redefine home through the lens of culture, history, and family. After nearly a decade of living in Ireland and Austria, she now lives in Arizona with her husband and their three children.
Questions:
- You’ve lived abroad in two different countries, Ireland and Austria. What was your favorite thing about living in Europe?
- Your website shares a fun fact that you work a nod to the classic fantasy, Lord of the Rings, into all of your books. Why that story–how does it inspire you?
- After living on the Emerald Isle, and writing so many novels set there, have you adopted any Irish traditions into your lifestyle?
- Is there anything especially interesting that you haven’t covered in other interviews that you could share with us or perhaps there is something God has laid on your heart that you would like to share with your readers?
About the book Heart of the Glen
When Saoirse Fagan arrives to start her new job as housemaid at Drumboe Castle, she is dismayed to learn that the lord of the house passed away a week prior. Already running away from the tragedy that claimed the lives of her family members, Saoirse wanders the road with nowhere to go until Aileen McCready offers her a lift and possibly a place to stay for the night.
Sheep farmer and weaver Owen McCready is known for his intricate and impeccably woven tweed. But when he’s injured in an attack by bandits, his entire livelihood is endangered. A new–and distracting–mouth to feed adds fuel to the fire, and Owen struggles to keep his family afloat. Though Saoirse is eager to help, even offering to learn the weaving craft, Owen is hesitant to accept aid from this strange young woman, no matter how inexplicably magnetic he finds her.
But Saoirse is not one to give up easily. It may take extra effort on her part, but she’s determined to convince the McCreadys that they need her–perhaps as much as she needs them.
Questions:
With Saoirse’s unfortunate talent for running into disasters, and Owen’s resistance to this forced-proximity romance, readers are not going to want to put this book down.
- What has shaped Owen into this man who so resists love?
- I’m fascinated by the fact that Owen is a master weaver, who apparently raises his own wool. Did you run across any interesting historical facts while researching his craft?
- In spite of things going wrong at every turn, Saoirse seems to have a remarkable amount of courage to keep going. What do you hope readers will carry with them after journeying with her?
- What’s next for your writing?
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