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The Law of Dreams
The Law of Dreams
Author: Peter Behrens
"Life burns hot," fifteen-year-old Fergus O'Brien's mother tells him late in the summer of 1846. Before the end of this fateful year, young Fergus will witness his family and house collapsing in flames and be thrust on a journey through the Great Famine in Ireland to the teeming wharves of Liverpool and the brutal railyards of ...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780887842078
ISBN-10: 0887842070
Publication Date: 2006
Pages: 408
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Publisher: Anansi
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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Very sad and nicely written book about the famine and its aftermath. The images are so vivid, I kept wondering when the movie would be made. The book was so interesting that I am now reading more about the Irish potato famine. The book is certainly worth reading.
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