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Highlights
- A family is divided when its favourite daughter is forced to flee rural Ireland and to seek her living in war-torn Birmingham.Bridie McCarthy loves her family's farm in the remotest part of Donegal, even though she's forced to work hard when all of her siblings leave home.
- About the Author: Anne Bennett was born in the Horsefair district of Birmingham.
- 624 Pages
- Fiction + Literature Genres, Sagas
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About the Book
A family is divided when its favourite daughter is forced to flee rural Ireland and to seek her living in war-torn Birmingham.
Book Synopsis
A family is divided when its favourite daughter is forced to flee rural Ireland and to seek her living in war-torn Birmingham.
Bridie McCarthy loves her family's farm in the remotest part of Donegal, even though she's forced to work hard when all of her siblings leave home. She can't bear to let down her beloved parents - until a horrible act of violence gives her no option but to run away. She turns to the one person she can trust - big sister Mary, now settled with a family of her own in Birmingham.
Life here couldn't be more different, but slowly Bridie comes to see the good side of a busy city, and begins to regain her confidence. But fate has more trouble in store, as World War Two looms, threatening everything she's fought so hard to win.
Review Quotes
'[Anne Bennett is] blessed with a vivid imagination and a natural aptitude for writing' Daily Post
'The beauty of Anne's books is that they are about normal people and are sewn through with human emotions wich affect us all' Birmingham Post
About the Author
Anne Bennett was born in the Horsefair district of Birmingham. The daughter of Roman Catholic Irish immigrants, she grew up in a tight-knit community. For many years she taught in schools to the north of Birmingham, before an accident put paid to that career. This gave her the chance to write full time. She has four children and five grandchildren. In 2006, after sixteen years in a wheelchair, Anne was able to walk again.