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The keenersThe keeners

The keeners2004

Maura D. Shaw

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It is the first year of the potato famine. Ireland is dying. Margaret Meehan, who keens for the dead, cannot keen for an entire country, however. With her young husband, now wanted for murder, she sets out for a new life in America. And discovers the true soul of Ireland.

Details

First published
2004
OL Work ID
OL3535048W

Subjects

FictionIrish American womenFaminesWomenFiction, historical, generalIreland, fictionIrish americans, fictionNew york (state), fiction

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