{"product_id":"burren-strong-jan-farrington-brown-9798248937103","title":"Burren Strong: The Indenture Years","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA sweeping historical novel insprired by a family story-drawn from letters, ship records, asylum registers, and generations of Lahiff family testimony-telling the rarely heard story of two Irish sisters sent half a world away.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBook Two in the Burren Strong series, continuing the story of the Lahiff family-can be read as a standalone.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1884, Bridget and Catherine Lahiff leave the limestone hills of County Clare and cross the ocean to South Australia under an assisted immigration scheme that promises opportunity-but delivers harsh realities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYoung, capable, and fiercely bound to one another, the sisters enter a world of indentured service, rigid class divisions, and the quiet dangers faced by immigrant women whose lives were rarely recorded.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Bridget's path leads through domestic service, love, and devastating loss-and Catherine's through sacrifice, endurance, and moral reckoning-their bond is tested by distance, secrecy, and the limits of what women were allowed to choose for themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom crowded ship holds and immigrant depots to railway towns, convents, and asylums, \u003ci\u003eThe Indenture Years\u003c\/i\u003e follows their diverging roads with tenderness and unflinching honesty.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarefully researched, this novel blends documented history and family testimony with immersive storytelling to honor the courage of women whose stories survived only in fragile ink and whispered memory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBurren Strong: The Indenture Years\u003c\/i\u003e is a tribute to endurance, sisterhood, faith, and the quiet strength of those who carried home within them-no matter how far they were sent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePerfect for readers of historical fiction, Irish family sagas, and faith-driven stories of resilience.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jan Farrington Brown\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798248937103\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 476\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.39lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.06d","brand":"Jan Farrington Brown","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50665561161983,"sku":"9798248937103","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/burren-strong-jan-farrington-brown-9798248937103","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}