Shanty Gold
Reeks: Daughters of Ireland
Jeanne Charters
- “Charters
- interweaves
- many
- important
- topics—immigration,
- civil
- rights,
- women’s
- rights—into
- her
- exciting
- novel
- .
- .
- .
- An
- evocative
- portrait
- of
- South
- Boston.”
- —Kirkus
- ReviewsAfter
- the
- deaths
- of
- her
- mother
- and
- infant
- sister
- during
- Ireland’s
- Great
- Famine,
- thirteen-year-old
- Mary
- Boland
- makes
- her
- way
- to
- the
- Queenstown
- harbor
- and
- onto
- a
- coffin
- ship
- bound
- for
- America.
- But
- what
- happens
- during
- her
- transatlantic
- passage
- is
- enough
- to
- quash
- the
- strongest
- of
- dreams.
- After
- being
- assaulted
- by
- crewmembers,
- Mary
- thinks
- of
- ending
- her
- life—until
- a
- young
- Black
- slave
- named
- Kamua
- comes
- to
- her
- rescue
- .
- .
- .Forming
- a
- bond
- as
- strong
- as
- siblings,
- Mary
- and
- Kam
- reach
- Boston,
- determined
- to
- forge
- their
- own
- paths.
- No
- longer
- an
- innocent
- soul,
- Mary
- trusts
- no
- one,
- putting
- her
- faith
- in
- her
- own
- instincts.
- It
- is
- on
- the
- teeming
- streets
- of
- South
- Boston
- that
- she’ll
- find
- a
- new
- home
- and
- a
- new
- purpose
- as
- a
- midwife,
- helping
- poverty-stricken
- women
- survive
- their
- pregnancies.
- And
- it
- is
- in
- this
- city,
- full
- of
- possibility,
- where
- Mary’s
- heart
- will
- heal,
- and
- find
- the
- strength
- to
- survive
- the
- harsh
- choices
- she
- is
- forced
- to
- make,
- and
- grow
- into
- a
- woman
- true
- to
- herself
- .
- .
- .“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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