It was sometimes called the echo cave, and if you shouted your question loud enough in the right direction, you got an answer instead of an echo...Clare and David--divided as children by a rigid social code that branded her as shanty Irish and him as gentry...brought together as adults by a desire that knew no class, no barriers, only the urgent hunger of two people destined to love--and ready to defy a world determined to keep them apart.Even at fifteen, David Power knew the echo would answer eleven-year-old Clare OBriens dearest wish, to win a school prize. But it was years before Dr. Powers cherished only son saw in the hucksters daughter the answer to his own hearts desire. Here in Castlebay, perched precariously on the seaside cliffs, the lines between them were clearly drawn.
