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Leaving Ireland
Ann Moore
A young mother leaves her homeland—and begins life anew...
Hoping for a better future, Gracelin O’Malley sets sail
from her beloved Ireland to a world unlike anything she’s
ever known. After surviving the treacherous passage, she
delights in finding her brother Sean, already much changed
by Manhattan’s strange ways. Grace takes a job in a saloon,
coping with the starkness of immigrant life—and the horrors
of the Irish tenement district. Haunted by the choice she made to leave her infant son
behind in County Cork, Grace finds solace in the friendship
of a runaway slave, a woman who has also made unspeakable
decisions. As Grace struggles to adapt to her new home, she
reunites with a man she once misjudged. With his help, she
finds the courage to take a stand against the corruption
and injustice around her—but her bravery threatens the very
people she has sworn to protect…
Accent, February 2005
432 pages ISBN: 0451214269 Paperback $7.99
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