After the Voyage: An Irish American Story

After the Voyage: An Irish American Story

At the heart of After the Voyage is an American immigrant family making its way forward on a road that is sometimes rocky and steep. From different counties in Ireland, Maggie Qualter and Richard Terrett both sail to America as young adults in 1870 after surviving Irelandâ€™s Great Hunger as children. Maggie works as a maid for a wealthy family. Richard finds work in a tannery. After the death of the young wife he loves passionately, Richard marries Maggie with the help of a deceptive go-between who brews trouble in their marriage that never goes away. They raise three children in the midst of Irish American culture, the Catholic Church, and Richardâ€™s battles for the workingman in the Knights of Labor. Their daughter Mary dreams of being a nun, while Josie seeks the freedom of big-city life in Boston. Neither reckons on the future she will face, Mary as a wife and mother of nine children and Josie as a single working woman. Tom escapes factory life by joining the Navy, manages to see the world in the midst of two wars, and comes home to marry his sweetheart and start a new life. Their stories are both remarkable and familiar to everyone whose ancestors made their way to and in America.

The events in the Terrettsâ€™ lives are as they emerge from the public record. But their inner lives, their thoughts, their relationships, their words are imagined as a route to understanding these five complicated and fascinating people
Country USA
Manufacturer Bricktop Hill Books
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2016-03-17
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Bricktop Hill Books
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2016-03-17
Format	Kindle eBook

After the Voyage: An Irish American Story

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