223 Orchard Street

A heartening novel of the immigrant experience-and of redemption, self-sacrifice, and the power of hope when all else seems lost.

Irish immigrant Katie O'Connor and her younger sister, Shannon, risk everything to journey to America at the turn of the twentieth century. As each woman passes into an intimidating, stirring, and unpredictable New York City, she is forced to rethink her dream of a better life. It isn't until Katie begins serving the sick in the depressed slums of the Bowery along...