{"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\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Grand Central Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/28\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780446697101\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 565\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.32lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 1.60d","brand":"Mary Pat Kelly","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36637294887068,"sku":"9780446697101","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_ae6b2f47-295e-4fc2-bd7a-de042eef5d1d.jpg?v=1603844452","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/galway-bay-9780446697101","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}