{"product_id":"even-small-birds-fly-free-paperback","title":"even small birds fly free - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePádraig O'Gorman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003en the middle of the 19th century, a disease hits potato crops across Europe, which has a devastating effect on small tenant farmers in Ireland. The Westminster government recognises it as the hand of God and does not intervene.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA million people die and a further two million people are forced to emigrate as refugees, mainly to the new world of the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the story of five people, three who emigrate to America and are swept up in the division of the country which leads to civil war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrothers Pádraig and Caelan from Skibbereen travel to the New World and end up on opposite sides of the conflict. Mary arrives as a refugee in Five Points and is caught up in the turbulence of New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeadar, Mary's father, finds work on a Famine Road in County Cork. Cormac seeks refuge among Boleymen on the Sheep's Head peninsula.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe intimate portrayal of these five lives traces a traumatic time when the face of both Ireland and the United States are changed through the devastation of one culture and the reckoning of another.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.68 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 15, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48532120633565,"sku":"9780995784307","price":20.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/Fb_H9dtLWQ9780995784307.webp?v=1788970037","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/even-small-birds-fly-free-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}