{"title":"Kathleen McDonnell","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"brideen-paperback","title":"Brideen - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCounty Mayo, Ireland, 1847. The potato crop has failed two years in a row. People are in the throes of starvation, and young Bridget Sweeney must witness things that no nine-year-old should have to bear: Whole families stricken with fever, corpses littering the roadsides, and her own family forcibly evicted in the dead of night. Through a mix of dogged determination, sheer luck, perhaps even divine grace, they join the historic Irish diaspora, making their way to England and ultimately to North America. In \u003cem\u003eBrideen\u003c\/em\u003e author Kathleen McDonnell draws on fragmentary family records, centuries-old newspaper articles, even lyrics from traditional ballads to ensure that her ancestor's gripping story of survival will not be lost to history. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKathleen McDonnell has published eleven books of fiction and non-fiction, and her plays have been produced across Canada and the United States. She's a longtime resident of Ward's Island, a ten-minute ferry ride from downtown Toronto, where she and her spouse raised their two daughters. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51374912798943,"sku":"9781998662609","price":23.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/iVWhJMSZKO9781998662609.webp?v=1789189332"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/kathleen-mcdonnell.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}