An Irish Girl

Romance, Historical, Fiction & Literature
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Author: Marilyn Hering ISBN: 9781532016936
Publisher: iUniverse Publication: February 7, 2017
Imprint: iUniverse Language: English
Author: Marilyn Hering
ISBN: 9781532016936
Publisher: iUniverse
Publication: February 7, 2017
Imprint: iUniverse
Language: English

In 184549, the potato crop in Ireland failed and threw Tara OBrien, the main character, and Ireland into terrifying fear, the crop being their main livelihood. Her mothers illness forces Tara to obtain a paying seamstress position in the north. She meets a British officer, Thomas Litchfield, who falls in love with her. She accepts his dinner invitations since she is close to starving but finally stops seeing him. He vows to love her until he dies. Her mother dies. Father Boyle, her mothers true but forbidden love, performs the burial rite. The Britishs actions and enmity towards the Irish peak. The famine keeps continuing another year, bringing starvation, disease, and fever. John McGuire, leader of the Irish rebellion, visits Monaghan, requesting volunteers to steal food from the British ships. He and Tara fall passionately in love and marry. The novel ends ironically with a twist concerning Tara, Thomas Litchfield, and John McGuire.

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In 184549, the potato crop in Ireland failed and threw Tara OBrien, the main character, and Ireland into terrifying fear, the crop being their main livelihood. Her mothers illness forces Tara to obtain a paying seamstress position in the north. She meets a British officer, Thomas Litchfield, who falls in love with her. She accepts his dinner invitations since she is close to starving but finally stops seeing him. He vows to love her until he dies. Her mother dies. Father Boyle, her mothers true but forbidden love, performs the burial rite. The Britishs actions and enmity towards the Irish peak. The famine keeps continuing another year, bringing starvation, disease, and fever. John McGuire, leader of the Irish rebellion, visits Monaghan, requesting volunteers to steal food from the British ships. He and Tara fall passionately in love and marry. The novel ends ironically with a twist concerning Tara, Thomas Litchfield, and John McGuire.

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