Arrivals :
Gallagher, Brian, 1952-
Arrivals : how long can a secret be kept? / Brian Gallagher. - Dublin : The O'Brien Press, 2016. - 240 pages ; 20 cm
Despite the contrasting backgrounds of the Taggart and Farrelly families, Wilson and Mike are thrown together by chance with Lucy Neadeau during the summer of 1928. Despite the two Irish families having crossed the Atlantic, class issues and religious prejudice - in both directions - have not been left behind. And, in a Canada seeking to establish its identity, Lucy tries to come to terms with the Ojibwe being second class citizens in their own land, but also chaffs against the restrictions of her tribe.
9781847177209 (pbk.) : £6.99 £5.99
Canada--History--20th century--Fiction.
Children's stories.
Fiction 9+.
General.
823.92
Arrivals : how long can a secret be kept? / Brian Gallagher. - Dublin : The O'Brien Press, 2016. - 240 pages ; 20 cm
Despite the contrasting backgrounds of the Taggart and Farrelly families, Wilson and Mike are thrown together by chance with Lucy Neadeau during the summer of 1928. Despite the two Irish families having crossed the Atlantic, class issues and religious prejudice - in both directions - have not been left behind. And, in a Canada seeking to establish its identity, Lucy tries to come to terms with the Ojibwe being second class citizens in their own land, but also chaffs against the restrictions of her tribe.
9781847177209 (pbk.) : £6.99 £5.99
Canada--History--20th century--Fiction.
Children's stories.
Fiction 9+.
General.
823.92