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The Famine Orphans
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A vividly told, triumphant story that follows one of the thousands of young Irish women shipped to Australia after the Famine as part of the Earl Grey Scheme, whose indomitable bravery in an exotic, danger-laden land helped shape a new country. For readers of Ellen Marie Wiseman, Sarah Loudin Thomas, Amanda Skenandore and Marie Benedict.
They survived Ireland’s Great Hunger to build a new society in untamed Australia . . .
1848: The girls, 4,000 in all, come from every part of Ireland—from t...
They survived Ireland’s Great Hunger to build a new society in untamed Australia . . .
1848: The girls, 4,000 in all, come from every part of Ireland—from t...