First time I said goodbye

By Claire Allan

Subjects: Marines, Irish American women, Fiction, Americans

Description: In 1959, factory girl Stella Hegarty finds herself falling unexpectedly for the charms of a handsome U.S. marine based in Derry. Caught up in a whirlwind of romance, Stella finds herself planning a new life in America with her beloved, Ray. But when tragedy steps in, both their lives are thrown into turmoil and they come to realise they may have said their first, and last, goodbye.