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The walking people / Mary Beth Keane.

Keane, Mary Beth. (Author).

Summary:

Greta Cahill never believed she would leave her village in the west of Ireland until she found herself on a ship bound for New York. Labeled a "softheaded goose" by her family, Greta discovers that in America she can fall in love, raise her own family, and earn a living. Though she longs to return and show her family what she has made of herself, her decision to spare her children knowledge of a secret in her past forces her to keep her life in New York separate from the life she once loved in Ireland, and tears her apart from the people she is closest to. Even fifty years later, when the Ireland of her memory bears little resemblance to that of present day, she fears that it is still possible to lose all when she discovers that her children--with the best of intentions--have conspired to unite the worlds she's so carefully kept separate for decades.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0547126522
  • ISBN: 9780547126524
  • Physical Description: xxi, 392 pages ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Given in Memory of Amanda Shetlar by Charles Shetlar.
Subject:
Family secrets > Fiction.
Irish Americans > Fiction.
Shetlar, Amanda > 2008-2009, Memorial.
Shetlar, Charles > 2008-2009, Donor.
Women > Ireland > Fiction.
Women.
Womyn.
Ireland > Fiction.
New York (N.Y.) > Fiction.
Genre:
Domestic fiction.
Novels.
Romance fiction.

Available copies

  • 8 of 8 copies available at NC Cardinal.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library. (Show)

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 8 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Marion Library FIC KEA (Text) 37810434754502 Adult Fiction Available -
Albert Carlton - Cashiers Community Library F KEANE (Text) 39493106545801 Adult Fiction Available -
Cleveland County Main Library F KEANE (Text) 22281500048096 Adult Fiction Available -
George H. & Laura E. Brown Library AF Kea (Text) 30308100852855 Adult Fiction Available -
Marianna Black Library F KEANE (Text) 39493106446232 Adult Fiction Available -
Pack Memorial Library F KEA (Text) 0020507962775 Adult Fiction Available -
Scotland County Memorial Library F Keane (Text) 30388101012477 Adult Fiction Available -
Transylvania County Library FIC KEA (Text) 38079101657658 Adult Fiction Available -

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