The Wormdigger's Daughter by John Farrell

The Wormdigger's Daughter by John Farrell

The "Wormdigger's Daughter" is the heartbreaking story of a family on the run. It is a tale of tragic resonance, which depicts a universal struggle against injustice and oppression. The author first heard the story when he was a boy of twelve. He was huddled in a roadside tent in the midst of a bitter winter and was told the tale by the then frail and elderly Molly and her husband Frank. The couple had been working on a large estate in Meath where the hardship of their life had already claimed the lives of their three young sons. Their remaining child, Angel, was the focus of all their love and hope for the future. When they overheard a friend of the master of the estate lay claim to their daughter they left secretly in the dead of night, but were then falsely accused of stealing and forced to become fugitives.They disguised Angel as a boy to maintain their cover and found help from sympathetic farmers along the road. Their lives were governed by the terror of being discovered and arrested, and above all, by their fear of what would happen to their daughter if she had to return to the estate. Their only hope lay with some influential Americans who befriended them and offered them the possibility of escape - but at a terrible price.

John Farrell was born near Navan, County Meath. The youngest of fourteen children, his family were from a labouring background and as a teenager John worked in the town as a messenger boy. The Wormdigger's Daughter is based on a true story that has lived with him ever since it was first told to him by the travelling couple in their roadside tent.

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ISBN 13	9781856355742
ISBN 10	1856355748
Title	The Wormdigger's Daughter
Author	John Farrell
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	The Mercier Press Ltd
Year published	2008-02-01
Number of pages	256
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