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This is about life on board an immigrant sailing vessel carrying Irish Potato Famine sufferers to America. We learn of the conditions and the backgrounds that brought these unfortunate people together on this journey. One made more horrific by a killer on board. Man’s inhumanity to his fellows rears its ugly head once more.
Book Description
In the bitter winter of 1847, from an Ireland torn by famine and injustice, the Star of the Sea sets sail for NewYork. On board are hundreds of refugees, some optimistic, many more desperate. Among them are a maid with a devastating secret, the bankrupt Lord Merridith, his wife and children, and a killer 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 shockingly revealed. 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.
As urgently contemporary as it is historical, this exciting and compassionate novel builds with the pace of a thriller to a stunning conclusion.
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Sounds great. Thanks for sharing.
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Pinned & shared. 🙂
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Great review. Sounds fascinating. 🙂
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