An Irish Girl
Paperback
RomanceGeneral FictionHistorical Fiction
Publisher: Prominent Books Edge LLC
Published: Nov 2 2025
Pages: 134
Weight: 0.36
Height: 0.31 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
In 1845-49, the potato crop in Ireland failed and threw Tara O'Brien, the main character, and Ireland into terrifying fear, the crop being their main livelihood. Her mother's illness forces Tara to obtain a paying seamstress position in the north. She meets a British officer, Thomas Litchfield, who falls in love with her. She accepts his dinner invitations since she is close to starving but finally stops seeing him. He vows to love her until he dies. Her mother dies. Father Boyle, her mother's true but forbidden love, performs the burial rite. The British's actions and enmity towards the Irish peak. The famine keeps continuing another year, bringing starvation, disease, and fever. John McGuire, leader of the Irish rebellion, visits Monaghan, requesting volunteers to steal food from the British ships. He and Tara fall passionately in love and marry. The novel ends ironically with a twist concerning Tara, Thomas Litchfield, and John McGuire.
Blue Ink Press, A Woman Possessed:
The author brilliantly traces Eleanor's decline from a strong woman of character to a spoiled socialite with one man on her mind...Author Marilyn Hering writes confidently and with authority...this expertly constructed narrative combines many of the elements of great story telling.
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