{"product_id":"even-small-birds-fly-free-pzadraig-ogorman-9780995784307","title":"even small birds fly free","description":"\u003cp\u003en the middle of the 19th century, a disease hits potato crops across Europe, which has a devastating effect on small tenant farmers in Ireland. The Westminster government recognises it as the hand of God and does not intervene.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA million people die and a further two million people are forced to emigrate as refugees, mainly to the new world of the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the story of five people, three who emigrate to America and are swept up in the division of the country which leads to civil war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrothers Pádraig and Caelan from Skibbereen travel to the New World and end up on opposite sides of the conflict. Mary arrives as a refugee in Five Points and is caught up in the turbulence of New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeadar, Mary's father, finds work on a Famine Road in County Cork. Cormac seeks refuge among Boleymen on the Sheep's Head peninsula.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe intimate portrayal of these five lives traces a traumatic time when the face of both Ireland and the United States are changed through the devastation of one culture and the reckoning of another.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Pádraig O'Gorman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0995784302\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780995784307\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e 2nd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/15\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.03lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.68d","brand":"Pádraig O'Gorman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48850253086975,"sku":"9780995784307","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/even-small-birds-fly-free-pzadraig-ogorman-9780995784307","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}