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So Far From Home

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In the diary account of her journey from Ireland in 1847 and of her work in a mill in Lowell, Massachusetts, fourteen-year-old Mary reveals a great longing for her family.

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Barry Denenberg

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Fiction JUVENILE FICTION children's fiction Ireland, fiction Immigrants Diaries Irish Americans Diaries -- Fiction United states, history, fiction Textile workers Emigration and immigration, fiction Irish, united states, fiction

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