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Greta Cahill, once teased as a "softheaded goose" by her Irish family, is drawn to the promise of America. On a ship bound for New York, she discovers that in the New World she can love, work, and raise a family. Yet a secret from her past she keeps hidden detaches her from the life she left behind, and her decision to shield her children from that truth creates a rift that endures for fifty years. Even as Ireland transforms, Greta worries that her children’s attempts to reconcile their heritage with their present may finally tear her divided worlds apart.
First publish date: 2009
Genre: Romance/Contemporary Romance
Authors: Mary Beth Keane
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