A Woman Undefeated - A captivating and emotional Irish saga

Only she can save herselfMaggie is sixteen years old and barely keeping her family alive in the throes of the Irish famine. As her mother is on her deathbed, Maggie is pressed to accept a proposal from their neighbour, Jack. With few options beyond marry or starve, Maggie weds Jack and they travel from their home in County Mayo across the sea to seek a better life in north west England.
In their new village, food is plentiful and work is available, but Maggie must endure different hardships. As a wife, and before long a mother, Maggie is tested in more ways than one, and it is her dignity and strength that will see her through when all hope seems lost.
A gripping historical novel about Irish emigration for fans of Geraldine O'Neill, Anna Jacobs, and AnneMarie Brear.

About the author

Vivienne Dockerty

Product details

• Authors: Vivienne Dockerty, Dockerty Vivienne, Vivienne Dockerty
• Publisher: Pan macmillan Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2021
• EAN: 9781800322721
• ISBN: 978-1-80032-272-1
• No. of pages: 384
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 18 mm
• Series: Song for Ireland
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Sagas, FICTION / Historical / General, FICTION / Sagas, FICTION / Family Life / General, Historical fiction, Ireland, Migration, immigration and emigration, North America (USA and Canada), North West England, 1845 to c 1852 (period of the Great Irish Famine), Family saga / generational saga fiction, Family life fiction / Stories about family