Within Arm's Reach GRENVILLE Told through Cromwell’s eyes

Told through Cromwell’s eyes

Fleeing from poverty and hardship

and from the quiet struggles of the writer’s life to the stark realities of imperialism

and behind all the magazine covers and Instagram stories manors and yachts lies nothing more than a gargantuan mountain of debt

and the endurance it requires

Within Arm's Reach GRENVILLE Told through Cromwell’s eyesA deeply moving, multi generational novel that explores the complex dynamics of an Irish American Catholic family in suburban New Jersey. The story unfolds through the alternating perspectives of six family membersthree generations of women and a few of the men connected to themas they navigate a time of emotional upheaval sparked by an unexpected pregnancy. The novel begins with the revelation that Lissie, the eldest McLaughlin daughter, is pregnant