Product Description
by Jean Reinhardt (Author)
In 1846 a baby girl is born to a young Irish fisherman and his wife. It is the second year of the Great Hunger and the young couple choose to remain in Ireland, while family and friends are leaving. Their story takes place in the fishing village of Blackrock, Dundalk but with the cities of Liverpool and Sunderland playing a critical part in their lives. Is their love for each other and their homeland enough to sustain them, or will they be forced to join the one and a half million who emigrate? This is the story of a young man's love for his wife and child and the struggle to provide for his family in one of the darkest periods of Ireland's history.
Author Biography
Jean Reinhardt lives in a seaside town in Cork, Ireland. She has published The Finding Trilogy, a young adult suspense series, in paperback and digital form. A Pocket Full of Shells is her first historical fiction and is set in the area where Jean was born. She drew her inspiration from local history and used her ancestors as inspiration for the story.
