Helpful Score: 1
The Howley family lives in Centreville, PA where there is danger of underground mine fires from the coal mines underneath. The daughter, Brigid, is the narrator of this book. Her father was injured in the mines. When a mine blows and takes the life of her aunt, they are forced to go live with her father's parents, who also live in an area that is at threat.
The Howley's believe that they have been cursed by a priest who ran afoul of the Molly Maguires, so that thought is always on their minds.
We learn of the family's past in spurts throughout the book, and there are some juicy things that are revealed.
I thought this was a book of just endless tragedies.
The Howley's believe that they have been cursed by a priest who ran afoul of the Molly Maguires, so that thought is always on their minds.
We learn of the family's past in spurts throughout the book, and there are some juicy things that are revealed.
I thought this was a book of just endless tragedies.
The time is the 1960s. The place is the coal mining towns of Pennsylvania. A hostile environment and family dysfunction set a very sad and depressing tone for The Hollow Ground by Natalie S. Harnett. Yet, eleven year old Brigid emerges as a strong main character who elicits emotion and sympathy, and the history presented is a very real one. Definitely not an easy read, but definitely a worthwhile one.
Read my complete review at: http://www.memoriesfrombooks.com/2014/05/the-hollow-ground.html
*** Reviewed based on a copy received through a publishers giveaway ***
Read my complete review at: http://www.memoriesfrombooks.com/2014/05/the-hollow-ground.html
*** Reviewed based on a copy received through a publishers giveaway ***
