The Corrigan Legacy

by Anna Jacobs

Meet the Corrigans. Childless Maeve, though rich and successful, is dying of cancer. She wants to leave her business empire to one of the offspring of her two estranged brothers, Des and Leo. But which young relative should she choose?
Des has four children. His second wife Judith has just left him and he is overstretched financially. Leo unambitious owner of a hardware store in a remote Australian town has two children. His daughter, suffering from ME defies him to accept her Aunt’s invitation to be treated in England.
Judith has met another man. But Cal has fund out that he’s not the biological father of his beloved daughter and his ex-wife wants to take Lily away from him.
As the younger generation begin to gather around Maeve, old secrets are revealed, new allegiances made, and there are surprises for every member of the family - because the Corrigan legacy isn’t what it first seems.

Genres: Historical Fiction, Romance, Chick Lit

260 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 1, 2006

About the author

Anna Jacobs has 87 novels published as of April 2019. She writes historical sagas and modern novels alternately, and in the past has written historical romances and fantasy novels (the latter as Shannah Jay).

She's addicted to story-telling and writes three novels a year. You can find a list of books and series on her website at www.annajacobs.com

Anna reads 3 novels a week. Happy reading, everyone.

Reviews

[jackie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Was an ok book, lots of interesting characters, just a little unbelievable at times

[Alison · Rating 3 out of 5]

Audio book. Free download on Audible. I enjoyed this story of a dysfunctional, very rich, family. Money did buy happiness in most cases, as even serious health conditions were addressed swiftly and effectively via private treatments. The characters were well rounded , even the ‘villains’ weren’t all bad, and everyone got a happy ending to a greater or lesser extent, as they deserved.
I haven’t read anything by Anna Jacobs before but will look out for other audio books by her in the future.

[Mrs S E Munro · Rating 5 out of 5]

enthralling story

As usual a beautifully written story full of intrigue, twists and turns. A definite page turner from start to finish

[josephine Hunt · Rating 5 out of 5]

Everyone of these stories by Anna Jacobs is as good if not better than the last!

When I started this book I was a bit sceptical, the last one was impossible to put down, but was I surprised, it was very, very good.

[mrs c.m.robinson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another great read

I love the way Anna introduces several characters and brings them all together with twists and turns. Very difficult to put the book down.

[Pam Coll · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a lovely book, and the landscape is a character too. Great story. But why are the men in this book, as in others, either complete ... searching for a politically correct word... @!#@#! .... or dense dopes, groping in the dark, unaware of themselves and others ... preoccupied by their work to the point of lunacy, living in denial, shipwrecked when there's a crisis on hand.... oh dear. Not all of them are twerps (temporarily), some are superb... (Why do I get so intense about these stories!) All goes to making this highly readable and enjoyable. Thank you Anna Jacobs, made my day.

[Mrs J T Headen Mrs s j forster · Rating 5 out of 5]

Yet another

I struggled at the beginning with so many names to remember and who done what, but as I got into the book I settled to the names. Well done another amazing book I wanted to read until the end.

[Maureen Constable · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very good read.

I hope there is more Corrigan tales. A bit confusing sometimes. But I got to know the Corrigans well. So will definitely remember them all in the next book.

[Cyd · Rating 5 out of 5]

excellent, touching story

[Megan Ratcliffe · Rating 5 out of 5]

Oh my word, cried buckets at the end of this lovely book

[Linda Hobson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved this book ,excellent

[Ruth Ellis · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brilliant book

[Mrs C M Clinch · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brilliant

Another good book from Anna Jacobs, easy to read with lots of highs and lows. Hopefully it's the first book in another series.

[Carol Smith · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brilliant read

Great book by one of my favourites. Excellent read. Anna Jacobs never disappoints. Can't wait to read another one very soon.

[Katrina · Rating 4 out of 5]

Enjoyable light read about a dysfunctional rich family. I’d like to read more from this author

[Elaine Williams · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a very interesting read about Maeve Corrigan and how she wants to dispurse of her legacy upon her immienent death. she wants to give it to one of her brother's children since she had no children of her own. Therefor she tracks them down and comes to know them each helping several of them out of personal crisis and comes to love them. They love her in return due to her personality and a great bond develops. One of the children is a twenty something year old woman who has developed flu-like symptoms that have left her incapatitated and unable to work. She finally finds that she has Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and the doctors in her little Austrlian town don't know how to treat it. Her Aunt finds out and offers her a chance at new health, by offering for her to come to England and have treatment there. This really grabbed my attention because I've had CFIDS in some formm or another for about twenty years along with Fibromyalgia. I knew about the wheat allergy "thing" and even tried to go off of wheat for a while, but it was so difficult!

[Ann · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoy Anna Jacobs' novels and this one has not disappointed! Her characters are realistic and her plots are believable. I wonder if she has written a sequel, I would like to know what happens next.

[Lesley Puncher · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another excellent book from Anna Jacobs. A standalone novel with lots of characters and fast moving. Audio narration was also excellent with the need to use various accents and voice a mix of adults and children's voices.
Highly recommended as a gentle but exciting story.

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nice

[Alice · Rating 4 out of 5]

Easy read, money talks.

[mois reads · Rating 5 out of 5]

Judith and cal

Another 5 star review for a great book about family loyalty and also about the younger generation of the corrigans.

[John Milliner · Rating 4 out of 5]

I started reading yesterday and put down at 3.30AM. Another brilliant book by Anna

[Judith Falkner]

The characters had no depth and did not resonate with me, the storyline had potential but I had no enthusiasm to pursue it.

[Roslin Rose · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brilliant book