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Star of the Sea / Joseph O'Connor.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Fiction O'Connor Star
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- O'Connor, Joseph, 1963-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ireland--Emigration and immigration--Fiction.
- Ireland.
- Ocean travel--Fiction.
- Ocean travel.
- Immigrants--Fiction.
- Immigrants.
- Emigration and immigration.
- Genre:
- Historical fiction.
- Mystery fiction.
- Fiction.
- Thrillers (Fiction)
- Physical Description:
- xxiii, 386 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- 1st U.S. ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Orlando : Harcourt, ©2002.
- Summary:
- In the spring of 1847, from an Ireland torn by famine and injustice, the Star of the Sea sets sail for New York. On board are hundreds of refugees, some optimistic, many more are desperate. Among them are a maid with a devastating secret, the bankrupt Lord Merridith and his wife and children, and a killer is stalking the decks, hungry for the vengeance that will bring absolution. This journey will see many lives end, others begin anew. Passionate loves are tenderly recalled, shirked responsibilities regretted too late, and profound relationships are shockingly discovered. In this spellbinding tale of tragedy and mercy, love and healing, the farther the ship sails toward the Promised Land, the more her passengers seem moored to a past that will never let them go.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Beardwood Fund bookplate.
- ISBN:
- 0151009082
- 9780151009084
- OCLC:
- 51566421
- Publisher Number:
- 9780151009084
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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