Becoming Mary Mehan (Readers Circle)
By Unknown Author.
Description
Jennifer Armstrong’s two masterful novels about Mary Mehan are now together in one volume. Set against the pivotal events of the American Civil War, The Dreams of Mairhe Mehan depicts an Irish immigrant girl and her family, struggling to find their place in a country at war with itself. In a starred review, Kirkus Reviews said, “Armstrong mixes vision and reality with breathtaking virtuosity, salting Mairhe’s narrative with poetic turns of phrase, snatches of song, story, and history.”Mary Mehan Awake takes up Mary’s story after the war when, much like the brok...
ISBN(s)
0440229618, 9780440229612
