Fields of Home

Marita Conlon-McKenna

Oct 2016 · Children of the Famine Book 3 · Bolinda · Narrated by Caroline Lennon

About this audiobook

For Eily, Michael and Peggy the memory of the famine is still strong. But Mary-Brigid, Eily's first child, has the future to look forward to. What kind of future is it? Ireland is in turmoil, with evictions, burnings, secret meetings, fights over land. Eily and her family may be thrown off their farm. Michael may lose his job in the big house. And Peggy, in America, feels trapped in her role as a maid. Will they ever have land and a home they can call their own? Eily, Michael and Peggy have once shown great courage. Now this courage is called on again ...

Ratings and reviews

a lovely read

About the author

Born in Dublin in 1956 and brought up in Goatstown, Marita went to school at the Convent of the Sacred Heart, Mount Anville, later working in the family business, the bank, and a travel agency. She has four children with her husband James, and they live in the Stillorgan area of Dublin. Marita was always fascinated by the Famine period in Irish history and read everything available on the subject. When she heard a radio report of an unmarked children's grave from the Famine period being found under a hawthorn tree, she decided to write her first book, Under the Hawthorn Tree.

Caroline Lennon is an Irish actress and voice artist. She is best known as the voice of Siobhan Hathaway on BBC Radio 4's The Archers. Her extensive range of voice work also includes appearances on BBC Radio 4's Poetry Please and over 200 unabridged audiobooks narrations for authors such as Maeve Binchy, Cecilia Ahern and many more. Caroline's theatre and film work ranges from Greek tragedy to modern Irish classics and everything in between.