The walking people

Mary Beth Keane

first published 2009 Penguin Books, Limited, 2021

Greta Cahill never believed she would leave her village in the west of Ireland until she found herself on a ship bound for New York. Labeled a "softheaded goose" by her family, Greta discovers that in America she can fall in love, raise her own family, and earn a living. Though she longs to return and show her family what she has made of herself, her decision to spare her children knowledge of a secret in her past fo...

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Walking People edition · 2022 · Penguin Books, Limited · 9781405945691
Walking People edition · 2021 · Penguin Books, Limited · 9780241524367
Walking People edition · 2021 · Penguin Books, Limited · 9781405945707
Walking People edition · 2021 · Penguin Books, Limited · 9780241524381
Walking People edition · 2021 · Penguin Books, Limited · 9781405950015
Walking People edition · 2010 · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade & Reference Publishers · 9781299881877
Walking People edition · 2010 · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company · 416 pages · 9780547336121
Walking People edition · 2010 · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade & Reference Publishers · 9780547394367
The walking people edition · 2009 · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt · 392 pages · 9780547126524

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