![]() That there is no one to write for the Irish, no one to speak for them”. It's been said that the Irish experience is mute. It is only when Bridget's granddaughter, Mabel, who was abandoned and betrayed grows up that the pieces of the family are put back together and they find out what happened back in Ireland to Meg. It is there that her daughter, Elizabeth, becomes an alcoholic and goes into exile. But they were ill prepared for the life they found in 1927 Brooklyn. They traveled across the Atlantic full of dreams for a new life. ![]() Bridget and her three daughters set sail to join her wealthy brother in America. The land that took away from her all she loved because of her mistakes. When he tragically dies, Bridget could no longer stand to live in her beloved Ireland. The years of searching for Meg were to continue until she married Peter. ![]() Could her search for her sister end here? Bridget, only thirteen, carried the burden of knowing she was somehow responsible for her missing sister. ![]() Before her, under a mound of fallen leaves, a piece of faded red cloth protruded. And, in that moment, a torrent of guilt and regret swelled up consuming her. ![]() This compelling story of an Irish family is seen through the eyes of three generations of women showing the complex dynamic relationship between mother and daughter and between sisters.Bridget Donahue's heart stopped. ![]()
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