{"product_id":"the-crossing-9781592111558","title":"The Crossing","description":"The Crossing is a powerful and haunting love story of surprising discovery set in Manhattan's Hell's Kitchen during Prohibition. Irish-born Johnny Flynn, a former British soldier, is banished from his homeland and sent to America on a ship so riddled with disease that he realizes the voyage was meant to murder him. When he survives the trip, the captain forces him to walk the plank into the Hudson River. Miraculously, an Irish gang, the Swamp Angels, rescues Johnny and gives him a job running whiskey in Hell's Kitchen just as Prohibition makes liquor a hugely profitable, dangerous business.  \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Fighting for his life and livelihood, Johnny is plagued by the memory of his lost lover, Nora, whose father, the famed Irish revolutionary, James Connolly, met his death by a firing squad that included a reluctant gunman named Johnny Flynn. Nora's last words to him, when she learned of his betrayal and left him, \"I love you, Johnny Flynn\", echo in his heart, leaving him pulsing with guilt, yearning, and hoping that she might yet forgive him. \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e One night, drunk on the floor of Hailey's speakeasy, Johnny encounters a seeming apparition on stage, the ghostly Esme, an Irish singer who suffered unspeakable horrors at the hands of the British Black and Tans. Johnny is dazzled by her. From Esme, Johnny learns how to overcome the desire for revenge, only to discover that she, too, clings to her own dark dream of retribution. \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As he grapples with taking responsibility to help others resolve this overwhelming dilemma, he learns that Nora is coming to New York to advocate for Irish independence. As he confronts her and soon thereafter receives a piercing love letter from Esme, the story comes to a turbulent climax.  \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Addison \u0026amp; Highsmith Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/11\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781592111558\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 274","brand":"Ashby Jones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42496150765749,"sku":"9781592111558","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_8b49d606-7c8a-4d32-b45d-3ff37648d54c.jpg?v=1667921455","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-crossing-9781592111558","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}