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Gracelin O'Malley: As the potato famine devastates Ireland, Gracelin openly defies her English husband by feeding the desperate souls who come to their door, and secretly sides with the rebels who call themselves the Young Irelanders-including her beloved brother, Sean-as they fight to free their homeland from the yoke of English rule. Leaving Ireland: Forced to flee Ireland, Gracelin takes her young daughter with her on an arduous transatlantic voyage to New York City. As she tries to make a new life for herself and her daughter, she reunites with her brother and befriends a runaway slave, getting swept up into the volatile abolitionist movement. 'Til Morning Light: With her two children, Gracelin travels to post–Gold Rush San Francisco to meet the sea captain who has proposed to her. But when she arrives, he is nowhere to be found. Although destitute in a dangerous city, Gracelin vows to make a secure life for her children and find her brother.
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"Truly great fiction . . . a grand historical novel . . . full of triumph, full of tragedy, full of hope and strength of spirit."
The Historical Novels Review
"If you love the lilt of Irish laughter and understand the river of tears that runs beneath it, you'll take Gracelin O'Malley to your heart and keep her there long after you've finished reading this beautiful book."
Cathy Cash Spellman, New York Times–bestselling author
"Vivid historical detail."
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