The Ireland of the 1930s is an unforgiving place for a pregnant unmarried eighteen-year-old. Brid's baby dies during labour but she is still forced to emigrate due to the social stigma. Will a new life in America be a new beginning or will the shame and heartbreak of home haunt Brid forever? Jackie Mac Donncha has produced and chronicled a captivating and intensely personal journey in this novella.
