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Star of the Sea / Joseph O'Connor.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London ; Toronto : Vintage, 2003.Description: xxi, 410 p. ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 0099469626 (pbk)
  • 9780099469629 (pbk)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 823 OCO
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Standard Loan Moylish Library Fiction Collection 823 OCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 2 Available 39002100514588
Standard Loan Thurles Library Fiction Collection 823.914 OCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 39002100401810

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

In the bitter winter of 1847, from an Ireland torn by injustice and natural disaster, the Star of the Sea sets sail for New York. On board are hundreds of fleeing refugees. Among them are a maidservant with a devastating secret, bankrupt Lord Merridith and his family, an aspiring novelist, a maker of revolutionary ballads, all braving the Atlantic in search of a new home. Each is connected more deeply than they can possibly know. But a camouflaged killer is stalking the decks, hungry for the vengeance that will bring absolution. The twenty-six day journey will see many lives end, others begin afresh. In a spellbinding story of tragedy and mercy, love and healing, the further the ship sails towards the Promised Land, the more her passengers seem moored to a past which will never let them go.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Joe O'Connor was born in Dublin. He has written ten widely acclaimed and best-selling books including the novels Cowboys and Indians, shortlisted for the Whitbread Prize, Desperadoes, The Salesman, and most recently Inishowen. His work has been published in eighteen languages.

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