Librería Samer Atenea
Librería Aciertas (Toledo)
Kálamo Books
Librería Perelló (Valencia)
Librería Elías (Asturias)
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Librería Kolima (Madrid)
Librería Proteo (Málaga)
These characters speak from the heart - the pain and excitement of leaving, the struggle to find work and raise a family and always the longing for home that never goes away.A Cork man drawn into the gangs of 19th century Manchester finds an unlikely escape from his criminal life. A navvy, ’Sure, didn’t we build England for them,’ is moved by tragedy to make something of himself. A young woman arrives in England expecting the excitement she’s read about in magazines, but her matchmaker cousin has other ideas . . .Those who crossed the sea carried not only their dreams of a better life, but the strength and good humour to adapt and survive.These fifteen stories portray with precision and honesty the experience of Irish immigrants-focusing on moments of passion, stark reality, and that eternal conflict between where they belong and where they live.
