Publication

2009 - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Boston, Massachusetts

Language

English

Word Count

98,000 words, Guess

Page Count

392 pages

Identifiers

  • Internet Archivewalkingpeople00kean
  • ISBN-100547126522
  • ISBN-139780547126524
  • LibraryThing7911317
  • Goodreads6081981
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Classifications

  • DDC813/.6
  • LCCPS3611.E165 W35 2009
  • LCCPS3611.E165W35 2009

Description

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.

Subjects

Genres

  • Fiction

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  • The walking peopleHoughton Mifflin Harcourt2009-01-01
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