June Book of the Month Discussion: Irish Secrets & Lies by Debbie Wastling

About the Event:

Join Moonstone & Mist Bookshop at Fair Trade Long Beach for a brief reading and informal discussion with Debbie Wastling, author of Irish Secrets & Lies, moderated by Moonstone & Mist Bookshop.

Light refreshments will be provided.

This event is free but seating is limited. Please reserve your seat with a free ticket.

About the Book:

Martha Lowery flees her Irish family’s home in Hexham with little more than baking skills and a fierce will to survive. Haunted by the dark secrets of her childhood and a cruel father, she pursues work as a cook and a cleaner and hopes only for safety. When she meets John “JB” Sutherland, their passion leads to a child born out of wedlock—a scandal that could destroy them both. As tensions simmer, whispers grow louder. Someone close to the Sutherlands knows the truth about Martha’s father and the shame she has fought so hard to escape... but Martha is not alone.

About the Author:

Born n in Yorkshire and now living in Los Angeles, Debbie Wastling blends her deep love of British history, music, and storytelling to bring the past vividly to life. Her novels explore romance, family, and resilience across some of the most transformative decades of the 20th century from the excitement of the 1920s and the era of the Flying Scotsman, through the hardships of World War II, and into the social changes of the 1950s and 1960s.