Kate Kerrigan - City Of Hope

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An uplifting, inspiring & heartwarming story of a woman truly ahead of her time. Of loves lost & found, of courage & determination. It is the 1930s & when her beloved husb&, John, suddenly dies, young Ellie Hogan decides to leave Ireland & return to New York. She hopes that the citys vibrancy will distract her from her grief. But the Depression has rendered the city unrecognisable gone is the energy & party atmosphere that Ellie once fell in love with, ten years before. & while she is used to rural poverty back home in Irel&, the suffering she sees in New York is an entirely different proposition. Walking around the neighbourhood, Ellie sees destitute families & hungry children on every street corner. The horror of it all jolts Ellie out of her own private depression. Pushing thoughts of her homeland & her dead husband firmly out of her mind, she plunges headfirst into her new life to try & escape her grief. All her passion & energy is poured into running a home & refuge for the homeless. Until, one day, someone she thought shed never see again steps through her door. It seems that even the Atlantic isnt big enough to prevent the tragedies of the past catching up with her.