{"product_id":"galway-bay-9780446697101","title":"Galway Bay","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn the bestselling tradition of Frank Delaney, Colleen McCullough, and Maeve Binchy comes a poignant historical family saga set against the Famine.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In a hidden Ireland where fishermen and tenant farmers find solace in their ancient faith, songs, stories, and communal celebrations, young Honora Keeley and Michael Kelly wed and start a family. Because they and their countrymen must sell both their catch and their crops to pay exorbitant rents, potatoes have become their only staple food. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But when blight destroys the potatoes three times in four years, a callous government and uncaring landlords turn a natural disaster into The Great Starvation that will kill one million. Honora and Michael vow their children will live. The family joins two million other Irish refugees--victims saving themselves--in the emigration from Ireland. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Danger and hardship await them in America. Honora, her unconventional sister Mv ire, and their seven sons help transform Chicago from a frontier town to the \"City of the Century.\" The boys go on to fight in the Civil War and enlist in the cause of Ireland's freedom. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Spanning six generations and filled with joy, sadness, and heroism, \u003ci\u003eGalway Bay\u003c\/i\u003e sheds brilliant light on the ancestors of today's forty-four million Irish Americans--and is a universal story you will never forget.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMary Patricia Kelly\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of a novel \u003ci\u003eSpecial Intentions\u003c\/i\u003e, and nonfiction on subjects as varied as Martin Scorsese and the rescue of Scott O'Grady from Bosnia. In her life, she has been everything from a nun to a documentary filmmaker to a producer of short films for \u003ci\u003eSaturday Night Live\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in New York City.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Grand Central Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50642304762130,"sku":"9780446697101","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_07d80b5a-5a38-47cd-9e5f-6a181338de7a.jpg?v=1733062678","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/galway-bay-9780446697101","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}