watchers of the waves: an unflinching journey through family and fate.

A Woman’s Journey Across Oceans and Time to Confront the Shadows of Her Past.

Frances Allen’s childhood in Ireland is shaped by a cataclysmic event which triggers unthinkable consequences that echo through her life.

Wishing to escape her past, Frances relocates to New York. However, her new life is far from what she envisioned. The Land of the Free binds her in ways both large and small, while the ghosts of her past linger beneath the surface.

As the years unfold, Frances’s life begins to fracture under the pressures of raising children, coping with illness and the cultural divide between her Irish roots and her American life. As she grapples with these complexities, her choices bring her to the brink of disaster. Then a sudden crisis compels her to return to Ireland, where the pull of home feels both comforting and disorienting.

Frances must confront the consequences of her choices, questioning not only what she can do, but what she can truly bear.

Poignant and compelling, this is an unflinching exploration of love, loss, and how choices shape destiny.