Napoli, Donna Jo. HUNGER
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2018
IL YA
ISBN 978-1-48147-749-9
The autumn of 1846 in the West of Ireland, locals were dying from hunger. The potato crop had failed and that was the main staple of the Irish diet. The British land owners took the rest of the crops for payment on the land rental. Lorraine's family is doing OK but they worry when the latest crop fails. Lorraine is befriended by the landowner's daughter who tries to find a way to help. Miss Susannah can't be seen being friends with an Irish girl so she can't help as much as she might want. But will her good intentions be enough to save the tenants as they face starvation and disease?
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