This compelling debut novel, both fiction and fact, is an Irish version of Roots. Following the tragic death of her husband, quilt ridden Bridget sets sail to America with her three daughters,
hoping for a better life in 1927 Brooklyn, unaware that alcoholism, infidelity, and betrayal await them. Its backdrop covers everything from the Great Famine, to the heart wrenching crossing
over the Atlantic Ocean on coffin ships, to the building of the Brooklyn Bridge.