InthebestsellingtraditionofFrankDelaney,ColleenMcCullough,andMaeveBinchycomesapoignanthistoricalfamilysagasetagainsttheFamine.InahiddenIrelandwherefishermenandtenantfarmersfindsolaceintheirancientfaith,songs,stories,andcommunalcelebrations,youngHonoraKeeleyandMichaelKellywedandstartafamily.Becausetheyandtheircountrymenmustsellboththeircatchandtheircropstopayexorbitantrents,potatoeshavebecometheironlystaplefood.Butwhenblightdestroysthepotatoesthreetimesinfouryears,acallousgovernmentanduncaringlandlordsturnanaturaldisasterintoTheGreatStarvationthatwillkillonemillion.HonoraandMichaelvowtheirchildrenwilllive.ThefamilyjoinstwomillionotherIrishrefugees--victimssavingthemselves--intheemigrationfromIreland.DangerandhardshipawaittheminAmerica.Honora,herunconventionalsisterMv簞ire,andtheirsevensonshelptransformChicagofromafrontiertowntothe“CityoftheCentury.“TheboysgoontofightintheCivilWarandenlistinthecauseofIreland’sfreedom.Spanningsixgenerationsandfilledwithjoy,sadness,andheroism,GalwayBayshedsbrilliantlightontheancestorsoftoday’sforty-fourmillionIrishAmericans--andisauniversalstoryyouwillneverforget.
