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Land of promiseLand of promise

Land of promise1993

Joan Lowery Nixon

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In 1902 fifteen-year-old Rose travels from Ireland to join family members in Chicago, where she must use all her resources to deal with her father's drinking and her brothers' dangerous involvement in politics.

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First published
1993
OL Work ID
OL137768W

Subjects

Emigration and immigrationIrish AmericansFamily problemsFictionLarge type booksEmigration and immigration, fictionFamily life, fictionChicago (ill.), fictionIrish americans, fictionChildren's fiction

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