{"product_id":"9780743410571","title":"Moira's Crossing","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eMoira's Crossing\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Christina Shea\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn exquisitely wrought debut novel about sisterhood through three generations in Ireland and America \u003cbr\u003e It is 1921 in Ireland. When their mother dies in childbirth, Moira and Julia O'Leary are left to rear their infant sister, Ann, while their father, a sheep farmer, despairs. After Ann dies, Moira and Julia depart Cork for Boston, but the painful secret behind Ann's death haunts their new lives and presages the confusion that will come to trouble the next generation. \u003cbr\u003e Moira and Julia have always been strikingly different, but theirs is a mercilessly dependable relationship -- Moira's boldness is fortified by Julia's quiet inner purpose, and Julia lives vicariously through her sister's impulsive actions. \u003ci\u003eMoira's Crossing\u003c\/i\u003e charts their shared journey through marriage, children, and life on the coast of Maine. \u003cbr\u003e At once an examination of the troubled intimacy of sisterhood and an inquiry into the meaning of faith, \u003ci\u003eMoira's Crossing\u003c\/i\u003e is also a story of what we leave behind and who we become because of it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003eJacqueline Mitchard Author of \u003ci\u003eDeep End of the Ocean\u003c\/i\u003e In the tradition of \u003ci\u003eFall on Your Knees, Moira's Crossing\u003c\/i\u003e is a rich stew of guilt, love, and human mystery.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e It's hard to put down this first novel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAtlantic Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e Quietly appealing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBoston Sunday Globe\u003c\/i\u003e Shea's language is spare, the scenes she conjures vivid and immediate.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780743410571\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Gallery Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40589929677006,"sku":"9780743410571","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/O_9c93a516-bb4b-4093-a0b1-c2cfd79ae108.jpg?v=1637727366","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780743410571","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}