Greta Cahill never believed she would leave her village in the
west of Ireland until she found herself on a ship bound for New
York, along with her sister Johanna and a boy named Michael Ward.
Labeled a "softheaded goose" by her family, Greta discovers that in
America she can fall in love, raise her own family, and earn a
living.Though she longs to return and show her family what she has
made of herself, her decision to spare her children knowledge of a
secret in her past forces her to keep her life in New York separate
from the life she once loved in Ireland, and tears her from the
people she holds closest. Even fifty years later, when the Ireland
of her memory bears little resemblance to that of the present day,
she fears that it is still possible to lose all when she discovers
that her children--with the best of intentions--have conspired to
unite the worlds she's so carefully kept separate for decades.A
beautifully old-fashioned novel, "The Walking People" is a debut of
remarkable range and power.
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