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| Leaving Ireland | 
 enlarge | Author: Ann Moore
Publisher: NAL Trade
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (17 reviews)
Sales Rank: 242998
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 378
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 5.3 x 0.9
ISBN: 0451207076
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9780451207074
ASIN: 0451207076
Publication Date: November 5, 2002
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Product Description
From the award-winning author of the acclaimed Gracelin O'Malley comes the breathtaking tale of a young mother's journey from her homeland to a new life in America.
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 Continuation of the Gracelin O'Malley Saga - 5 Stars! November 17, 2008
Anne Moore continues the compelling story of Grace O'Malley as she makes her way to America. Gracelin and her daughter travel to Liverpool, England and from there to the US. The story telling is just as wonderful as it is in the first novel. The story describes the suffering and despair that the immigrants suffer to come to the United States. Once Grace and her daughter make it to Manhattan, they have a place to stay with her brother Sean, unlike many immigrants who emigrated at the time. The story evolves as Sean and Grace decide to travel different paths once they are in the States. Other characters that had important parts to play in the first novel, Gracelin O'Malley, have their story told as well. I can not say enough about how this author and this series. You will not be disappointed.
 Leaving Ireland by Ann Moore October 4, 2008
Gracelin, wanted for murder flees Ireland with her daughter after leaving her newborn son with her father. The Atlantic crossing is a harrowing experience. Gracelin arrrives in America and joins her brother Sean who is trying to raise money and arms for those back home in Ireland. Again Miss Moore tells it like it was. Here Gracelin must survive the pitfalls of life in New York and the brutal knowledge of the occupation of Ireland. Be sure you want to read the factual brutality that Moore describes. It is a good story. By Ruth Thompson author of "The Bluegrass Dream" and "Natchez Above The River"
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Great second book in series August 26, 2008
I enjoyed this book as much as the first Gracelin O'Malley. It takes off just were the last one leaves off. After the horror's of the the great famine this one continues on about the trails of the crossing to America and what occured to the people who get there and what they still had to endure. Another haunting beautiful story.
Terrific, I had to buy the 1st book, and the 3rd November 16, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I bought this book because I love reading about Ireland and genology, I had no idea there was a 1st book and a 3rd, well i loved this one the 2nd, and I had to buy the first and 3 rd book!!!From leaving ireland from starvaton, then on the ship, the hardships on there, illness, the terrible ship doctor, how irish were taken advantage of. and finally when in NY you find starving Irish there. I can just imagine what my great grandmother had to go thru to get here.
The Gracelin O'Malley Saga Continues With An Uplifting Tale of Irish Immigration September 5, 2005
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
Gracelin O'Malley, the spirited young woman readers first met in the novel bearing her name, continues to amaze in this second of a three-part saga. If readers are looking for a role model, one who shows you how to triumph against all odds, one who shows you how to live your life with love and tenderness, look no further than this heroine with a remarkable and unflagging spirit. Not only are we as readers first-hand witnesses as she seeks a better life for herself and fellow Irishmen, but we are also treated to a great novel about the power of a mother's love.
Gracelin, when last we met her, was forced to leave Ireland after her beloved husband Morgan was reported dead, she killed an English officer, and her son was too sickly to travel with her. With her daughter Mary Kate, she endured countless atrocities on board a ship bound for New York. Never caving in to the depression and hopeless feelings of many, Gracelin arrives and finds life in America not exactly what she had envisioned. If ever someone made lemons out of lemonade, then surely that someone was Gracelin as she seeks to make a better life for herself, her daughter, and her beloved brother.
Her adventures make for excellent reading---whether she is helping a former slave reunite with her children, protecting an orphan she comes to love as her own, or succumbing to the reality of losing her son, Ann Moore has given us as fine an adventure, romance, and overall ripping good read as any imaginable.
This is the story of Gracelin, but also the story of a young America opening its arms but not always its heart to the immigrants who came. You'll understand why they kissed the ground on arrival, and fought discrimination with every fiber of their being to make this country their home and a haven for their children.
If you love romance and adventure, come follow the story of Gracelin, from her pits of despair to her glorious dance in the sunshine at novel's end.
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