Leaving Ireland
By: Ann Moore.
Publisher: New American Library
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 378
Subjects: Irish American women -- Fiction; Women immigrants -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Description: "Hoping for a better future, Gracelin O'Malley sets sail from her beloved Ireland, a journey that takes her to a world far different from anything she's ever known. After surviving the difficult voyage, she joins her brother Sean, already much changed by his exciting life in Manhattan. She takes a job in a saloon, learning firsthand the harsh reality of immigrant life and the horrors of the Irish tenement district."--Page 4 of cover.