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The Letter Home

The heartwrenching historical novel of a mother's journey from Ireland to save the daughter she loves

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The Letter Home

By: Rachael English
Narrated by: Melanie McHugh
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About this listen

 A rich, heartbreaking novel, moving between west of Ireland and Boston, of a mother's love, a baby girl, a courageous voyage, and a forgotten story that binds two families separated by an ocean...

She had left behind everything she loved to forge a future for the one she treasured most...

2019 Dublin. When Jessie Daly loses her job, her flat and her relationship, she travels home to Ireland's west coast and helps an old friend researching what happened in the area during the 1840s Famine. They are drawn into the remarkable story of a brave young mother called Bridget Moloney, and Jessie becomes determined to find out what happened to Bridget and her daughter, Norah.

On the other side of the Atlantic, Kaitlin Wilson is researching her family tree. She knows her ancestors left Ireland for Boston in the 19th century. Everything else is a mystery. Kaitlin unearths a fascinating story, but her research forces her to confront uncomfortable truths about herself and her family and also uncover a heartbreaking connection to a young woman in the west of Ireland...

(P) 2022 Headline Publishing Group Ltd©2022 Rachael English Historical Mystery Women's Fiction Fiction Boston

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This was an absorbing listen. Very good description of the suffering inflicted on Irish Catholics by their "higher" masters of the time. Early example of ethnic cleansing.

Excellent book.

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This is the best book I have ever listened to.
I didn’t want it to end and will miss it terribly.

Amazing, amazing, amazing.

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