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New Release! Amanda in Ireland: The Body in the Bog by Darlene Foster #NewRelease

I am honored to be participating in a blog tour for Darlene Foster’s latest novel in her Amanda Travels series, Amanda in Ireland: The Body in the Bog.

Here’s a blurb to whet your reading appetite:

Twelve-year-old Amanda Jane Ross is invited to be a bridesmaid for her cousin’s wedding, in Ireland! She falls in love with this emerald isle the moment she lands in Dublin. The warm, friendly Irish people immediately make her feel at home. Towering castles, ancient graveyards, and the stunning green countryside are filled with fascinating legends, enthralling folktales, and alarming secrets.

Things take a dark turn when disaster strikes. Amanda wonders if there will be a wedding at all. As she joins the search for a missing horse, she stumbles upon a world of screaming banshees, bloody battles, and dangerous peat bogs. The closer she gets to the truth, the more dangerous things become. Will she become another body in the bog?

You might be asking yourself, What is a bog? Let’s have Amanda’s older cousin, Taylor, explain it in this excerpt from the novel.

They travelled into the countryside, passing emerald fields dotted with black and white dairy cows.

Amanda asked, “Why is everything so green?”

“I imagine it’s because it rains so darn much here,” replied her cousin.

“It hasn’t rained since I’ve been here.”

“You’ve just been lucky, that’s all.”

“What are they doing over there?” She pointed to two men cutting chunks of what looked like mud bricks out of the earth.

“Oh, they’re collecting peat from the bog.”

“What’s a bog?”

“It’s a wet flatland, like a marsh. It holds peat, created from dead plant material. Irish people have used peat, or turf, from the boglands for heating their homes and cooking for centuries. Stuff stays well preserved in bogs. They’ve found all sorts of artifacts, jewellery, and bodies that are centuries old. Even butter from a long time ago that was still good to eat. Not that I would.” Taylor made a face.

“Really. That’s fascinating!” Amanda’s eyes popped open. “Did you say–bodies?”

“They’re always finding bones in the bogs around here. Many people have gotten lost trying to find their way home, some from a late night out, taking a shortcut across the treacherous swamps and stumbling off the safe pathway into the bog. They’re often called Bog People or Bog Bodies when they’re found, remarkably well preserved.”

Enjoy this enticing trailer for Amanda in Ireland:

https://animoto.com/play/O0amAVkp8P6Z7173Qyao1g

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You can buy Amanda in Ireland: The Body in the Bog at any of these sites:

https://books2read.com/u/4EYQ2A

https://www.amazon.com/Amanda-Ireland-Body-Travels_Book-ebook/dp/B0FT75TVC6/

https://www.amazon.ca/Amanda-Ireland-Body-Travels_Book-ebook/dp/B0FT75TVC6/

Marie A Bailey

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33 responses to “New Release! Amanda in Ireland: The Body in the Bog by Darlene Foster #NewRelease”

    • I don’t recall learning about bogs in school, so when I learned about them during my visit, I was enthralled. Seamus Heaney wrote several poems about bog bodies. That got me thinking!

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