The Walking People by Mary Beth Keane

The Walking People by Mary Beth Keane

Greta Cahill never believed she would leave her village in the west of Ireland until she found herself on a ship bound for New York, along with her sister Johanna and a boy named Michael Ward. Labeled a "softheaded goose" by her family, Greta discovers that in America she can fall in love, raise her own family, and earn a living. Though she longs to return and show her family what she has made of herself, her decision to spare her children knowledge of a secret in her past forces her to keep her life in New York separate from the life she once loved in Ireland, and tears her apart from the people she is closest to. Even fifty years later, when the Ireland of her memory bears little resemblance to that of present day, she fears that it is still possible to lose all when she discovers that her children--with the best of intentions-- have conspired to unite the worlds she's so carefully kept separate for decades. A beautifully old-fashioned novel, The Walking People has remarkable range and power.

Mary Beth Keane grew up in Rockland County, New York, and was born in New York City to Irish parents. She obtained her MFA in Fiction from the University of Virginia after attending Barnard College. Julia Glass named her to the National Book Foundation's 5 under 35 list in 2011. She and her husband, as well as their two sons, live in Pearl River, New York.

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ISBN 13	9780547336121
ISBN 10	0547336128
Title	The Walking People
Author	Mary Beth Keane
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Mariner Books
Year published	2010-05-27
Number of pages	416
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