Lace Curtain
Reeks: Daughters of Ireland
Jeanne Charters
- The
- daughter
- of
- Irish
- immigrants
- and
- the
- son
- of
- an
- African
- slave
- forge
- their
- own
- destiny
- in
- Boston,
- in
- this
- compelling
- sequel
- to
- Shanty
- Gold.Boston,
- 1870.
- Nellie’s
- mom
- and
- Neo’s
- father
- met
- on
- a
- coffin
- ship
- sailing
- from
- Ireland
- to
- America,
- a
- journey
- they
- barely
- survived.
- Having
- heard
- this
- tale
- since
- childhood,
- the
- two
- teenagers
- now
- crave
- an
- adventure
- of
- their
- own.
- When
- an
- unfounded
- rumor
- gets
- Nellie
- suspended
- from
- school
- and
- puts
- her
- future
- in
- jeopardy,
- the
- lifelong
- friends
- flee
- to
- New
- York
- City
- to
- join
- a
- circus.
- And
- though
- their
- escapade
- is
- short-lived,
- it
- teaches
- both
- of
- them
- about
- courage,
- kindness,
- and
- acceptance.Rising
- above
- her
- scandalous
- background,
- Nellie
- inches
- toward
- her
- dream
- of
- becoming
- a
- teacher,
- while
- Neo
- battles
- against
- prejudice
- and
- hatred
- to
- marry
- the
- woman
- he
- loves.
- As
- they
- struggle
- with
- the
- hopes
- and
- expectations
- laid
- upon
- them
- by
- their
- parents,
- they’ll
- navigate
- through
- tragedy
- and
- betrayal
- on
- a
- journey
- towards
- their
- hearts’
- true
- desires.Praise
- for
- Shanty
- Gold“Charters
- interweaves
- many
- important
- topics—immigration,
- civil
- rights,
- women’s
- rights—into
- her
- exciting
- novel
- .
- .
- .
- Gripping.”
- —Kirkus
- Reviews“The
- story
- of
- a
- young
- Irish
- girl’s
- struggles
- told
- with
- an
- authentic,
- historically
- accurate
- voice.”
- —Sallie
- Bissell,
- author
- of
- the
- Mary
- Crow
- series“To
- read
- Shanty
- Gold
- is
- to
- immerse
- oneself
- in
- a
- wild
- ride
- of
- discovery,
- romance,
- and
- the
- search
- for
- a
- new
- way
- of
- life.
- .
- .
- .
- A
- tale
- that
- will
- grab
- your
- heart
- and
- senses,
- with
- twists
- and
- turns
- along
- the
- way.”
- —Susan
- Blexrud,
- author
- of
- the
- Fang series
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