Signed, A Paddy
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4.2 • 112개의 평가
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Winner of the 2022 Eric Hoffer First Horizon Book Award
Winner of the 2022 Eric Hoffer Historical Fiction Book Award
Winner of the 2022 IPPY Awards Best Regional Fiction, U.S. Northeast, Bronze Medal
The gruesome truth hung in the air, and none of us wanted to go near it. Not yet.
Ireland, 1848. Fourteen-year-old Rosaleen watches her mother die. Her country is reeling from the great potato famine, which will ultimately kill more than one million people. Driven by a promise and her will to survive, Rosaleen flees her small coastal town.
She eventually arrives in America at the birth of the industrial revolution and is filled with hope and a new sense of independence. Yet the more Rosaleen becomes a part of this new world, the more she longs for a community she lost and a young man she can't forget.
Through a series of both heartwarming and tragic events, Rosaleen learns that she can't outrun the problems that come along with being Irish. And maybe, she doesn't want to.
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Signed, A Paddy-Well Written Novel
I was looking for something different to read or from an author I had never read before. This book was both of these! It’s a very well written book that speaks to prejudices and how a few people can make a difference. While this book is set during the Irish potato famine and the Irish immigrants coming to America for a better life, this book is of relevance today. Take the time to have a read. In my opinion it is worth it.
Loved the history
Well written although there were a couple of places that details were mixed up….the knitting of a baby blanket became a hat then back to a blanket was one.
A warning would’ve been nice that the end leaves you hanging.
Signed, A Paddy
This was a stirring book. It was not the historical romance I anticipated. It was a history lesson about vastly ill -treated groups of people. Throughout time different groups, sects, races, nationalities, etc., have been taken advantage of, mistreated or maligned randomly and fiercely. This book told the sad but courageous story of a certain group of those who fought to better themselves and others around them. It gave insight into ordinary people who happened to be white, black, foreign, rich, impoverished, children & adults. People who wanted live, work, worship, and love in a peaceful world. It showed us a few people who were courageous enough to say, “Enough!”