num_pages: 288
description: Chronicles the dramatic events that led to the inhabitants of the remote Blasket islands off the coast of Ireland to abandon their ancient homes and medieval way of life in 1953, following the lives and fates of this vanished people and of the Kearney family, who had made new lives for themselves in America. 15,000 first printing.
language: English
title: Hungry for Home: Leaving the Blaskets - A Journey from the Edge of Ireland
titlecomplete: Hungry for Home: Leaving the Blaskets - A Journey from the Edge of Ireland
genres: Ireland, History, Nonfiction, Historical
ratings_count: 131
awards: awardedAt: 946713600000
name: John Llewellyn Rhys Prize
publisher: Viking Adult