Ashley Brown Sequel – The Promise Maker Is Released

Last year Newsgroup covered George Fitzgerald’s book The Secret Life of Ashley Brown. The book the first in a series, tells the tale of coming of age Dublin beauty and her life long ambition to find a job in London’s publishing world. All is well with plenty of male admirers but along comes a drug problem and the evil Mr Picadoor. On its release, the book received huge acclaim, being called Thrilling, gripping, beautifully written, to book of the week.  Now comes the sequel, The Promise Maker. Ashley Brown takes up the story where she left off in book one. We find her at a funeral. Her aged friend is with her Frankie. While sitting in a pub he tells his story. From chapter one to four we hear Ashley’s voice from chapters five to twenty-five we hear Frankies’.  His story of Dublin’s tenement life is gripping, dark but not bleak. In one review it was stated that there were shades of Peer Gynt in the character Jenny, However,  a lot of the characters were Dickensian especially deadly Daisy-May.  This is a story of hope for a young boy born into a world of villains, Paddy Smith, Buster. The good people The Morgans and the evil-minded boyhood friend Slasher.  There is no doubt we will hear a lot more from Fitzgerald a truly gifted novelist. Both Books are on sale at Bargain Books on Abbey Street, Dublin.