This biography follows the trail of the Irish diaspora, especially during the Potato Famine years. The author leads us up a line of her own ancestors, mainly regarding her own great-grandmother Ellen. This Ellen would have been young and single like a great many of her peers who had sailed forth to America in droves, to be servant girls in order to send funds back to their starving, destitute families.
The bread crumb trail was somewhat lacking so Vona Groacke (the author) surmises much based on history of such Irish lasses, in general, and bits and pieces she managed to ferret out of various archives and from relatives' talk to piecemeal them together.
It was interesting to a certain degree and I did learn somewhat of the plight and circumstances these brave young ladies endured. However, I also got bogged down in the telling, frequently, sloughing through in fits and starts to find those morsels, which would attract me to carry on to the end.
~Eunice C., Reviewer/Blogger~
October 2022
Disclaimer: This is my honest opinion based on the complimentary review copy sent by NetGalley and the publisher.
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