This is a rags to riches story of a young Irish girl forced to leave her homeland because of the Irish Potato Famine.
Bound by the constraints of her Catholic marriage to Jack her childhood friend, Maggie plays the role of a dutiful wife and daughter-in-law until one day Fate lends a helpful hand.
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Home in Killala was like any other in the hamlet; a windowless dwelling made of earth blocks, small and mean, not airy and spacious like the Filbey farm. It had a large hole in the sod roof that let the smoke from the fire through. The floor was made of hard packed earth and a rug that Mairi had once woven was worn with age. The fireplace was the focal point of the cabin. Built into a deep alcove at the far end of the construction, it had wooden beams supporting an arch. Baked earth served as a hearth and upon it sat a primitive fire. Above this, dangling from an iron contraption knocked into the earth, was a heavy cooking pot suspended by smoke blackened chains. Nearby sat a big iron kettle that could also be suspended over the peat block fire.
First Place Winner in historical fiction in the Purple Dragonfly Awards for excellence in children's literature, and named a U.P. Notable Classic.
Feel like you are in the moment nearly 100 years ago with a young girl, daughter of Finnish immigr
A novel about a family during World War II, set on the homefront in Springield, Mass., and in the South Pacific. The book focuses on four characters and how their lives were affected and changed during the war years.
