The Workhouse Boy

By James J. Deeney
Published by Solstice Publishing
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Published: May 31, 2012
Words: 40,750 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781476197333

Short description

Ireland, 1870s. Times were hard and life was grim in those days. If you had no work, you lost your home. If you had nowhere to live, you went into the workhouse – or emigrated. This is the story about the brothers Jake and Eamon Miller and their family, buffeted about in those times of hardship…

Extended description

Ireland, 1870s. Times were hard and life was grim in those days.
If you had no work, you lost your home. If you had nowhere to live, you went into the workhouse – or emigrated.
This is the story about the brothers Jake and Eamon Miller and their family, buffeted about in those times of hardship…

An early version of this novel was read to schoolchildren in Londonderry and the teacher told the author that she’d never had such a good strong reaction from her children over a story.

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