About this ebook
Ireland, 1846. A boy on a life-changing journey which lives in the mind long after the final page. It is 1846, the height of the Great Hunger, and young Fergus is forced to grow up fast. Following the destruction of his home, he loses not only his family but everything he has ever loved. So begins an epic journey from innocence to experience that takes him from the west coast of Ireland to the docks and bordellos of Liverpool, and across the Atlantic. Along his journey he will meet bandit chiefs and railway navvies, ‘pearl boys’ and daring girls, and the willful Molly, who will teach him the ways of the world.
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April 29, 2012
This must be one of the most unvarnished and realistic accounts of what life in Ireland and Liverpool must have been like in the 1850s. As a Liverpudlian myself I am familiar with many of the places where the novel took place so it had a special meaning for me. I found It a compelling book that was hard to put down.
About the author
Peter Behrens was a Writing Fellow of the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Massachusetts and held a Stegner Fellowship at Stanford University. He is the author of a collection of stories, Night Driving. He was born in Montreal and lives on the coast of Maine with his wife and son.
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