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Ireland in the mid-1800s was primarily a population of peasants, forced to live on a single, moderately nutritious crop: potatoes. Suddenly, in 1846, an unknown and uncontrollable disease turned the potato crop to inedible slime, and all Ireland was threatened. Index.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-333) and index.
clarinetista90, September 20, 2011 (view all comments by clarinetista90)
Thoroughly researched and extremely detailed, the truth printed in this novel is often heartwrenching, but gives a very clear understanding of the conflict between Britain and Ireland, both during the famine years and today. Gallagher follows several people throughout different times, giving the reader a more personal insight to what was experienced. My only disappointment with this book was that it ended. Once I began reading it, I barely put it down until I finished.
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