![]() ![]() ![]() Honora, her unconventional sister Máire, and their children help transform Chicago from a frontier town to the “City of the Century.” The boys go on to fight in the Civil War and enlist in the cause of Ireland’s freedom. The family joins two million other Irish refugees-victims saving themselves-in the emigration from Ireland.ĭanger and hardship await them in America. Honora and Michael vow their children will live. ![]() Because they and their countrymen must sell both their catch and their crops to pay exorbitant rents, potatoes have become their only staple food.īut when blight destroys the potatoes three times in four years, a callous government and uncaring landlords turn a natural disaster into The Great Starvation that will kill one million. In a hidden Ireland where fishermen and tenant farmers find solace in their ancient faith, songs, stories, and communal celebrations, young Honora Keeley and Michael Kelly wed and start a family. One family’s epic journey captures both the tragedy and triumph of the Irish-American experience-and echoes the myths and legends of Ireland herself … ![]()
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