In this Irish American story, the voyage across the Atlantic after the Great Hunger proves just the beginning for two young people facing the challenges of a new life. After the death of the young wife he loves passionately, Richard marries Maggie with the help of a deceptive go-between who brews trouble in their marriage that never goes away. Their family’s future will include battles for the workingman with the Knights of Labor, the Navy during the Spanish-American War, the challenges of a single working woman in Boston, dreams of the convent, and life as a mother of nine children. $2.99 on Kindle.