Song for Ireland

An Irish immigrant family in nineteenth-century England faces a painful return to the past in this sequel to A Woman Undefeated. Twenty years have passed since Maggie settled with Jack in northwest England after escaping the Irish Famine. They have overcome hardships to raise a family, but not without heartache along the way. Now Jack wishes to return to Ireland with their daughter Hannah for a nostalgic visit. Maggie is reluctant to make the trip, not wishing to invoke painful memories and concerned about leaving her now thriving business. In Ireland, the family find themselves embroiled in the dramatic events of the still-troubled land. As they struggle to recognize their former home, trouble is brewing closer than they think. As history threatens to repeat itself, Maggie must find a way to save her family and everything they've fought for.

A nineteenth-century family saga set during the Irish potato famine, in which a young woman must marry and emigrate to England to make a new life. Maggie is sixteen years old and barely keeping her family alive in the throes of the Irish famine. As her mother is on her deathbed, Maggie is pressed to accept a proposal from their neighbor, Jack. With few options beyond marry or starve, Maggie weds Jack and they travel from their home in County Mayo across the sea to seek a better life in north west England. In their new village, food is plentiful and work is available, but Maggie must endure different hardships. As a wife, and before long a mother, Maggie is tested in more ways than one, and it is her dignity and strength that will see her through when all hope seems lost. A gripping historical novel about Irish emigration for fans of Geraldine O'Neill, Anna Jacobs, and AnneMarie Brear.