{"product_id":"redemption-falls-9781416553175","title":"Redemption Falls","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eStar of the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eShadowplay\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ea novel of epic power, ferocious grit, indomitable resolve, and shattering romance, set in a savage and lawless Western Territory in the aftermath of the Civil War.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e1865--the Civil War is ending. Eighteen years after the Irish famine-ship \u003ci\u003eStar of the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e docked at New York, a daughter of its journey, Eliza Duane Mooney, sets out on foot from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, crossing a ravaged continent on a quest. Eliza is searching for a young boy she has not seen in four years, one of the hundred thousand children drawn into the war. His fate has been mysterious and will prove extraordinary. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt is a walk that will have consequences for many seemingly unconnected survivors: the stunning intellectual Lucia-Cruz McLelland, who deserts New York City to cast her fate with mercurial hero James Con O'Keeffe--convict, revolutionary, and commander of a brigade of Irish immigrants in the Union Army turned governor of the desolate Western township of Redemption Falls; rebel guerilla Cole McLaurenson, who fuels his own gruesome Westward mission with the blind rage of an outlaw; and runaway slave Elizabeth Longstreet, who turns resentment into grace in a Western wilderness where nothing is as it seems. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eRedemption Falls\u003c\/i\u003e is a Dickensian tale of war and forgiveness, of strangers in a strange land, of love put to the ultimate test. Packed with music, poetry, and storytelling, this is \"a vivid mosaic of a vast country driven wild by war\" (\u003ci\u003eIrish Independent\u003c\/i\u003e) and a riveting tale of urgent contemporary resonance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joseph O'Connor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Free Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/10\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 480\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781416553175\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eO'Connor, Joseph:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Joseph O'Connor is the bestselling author of numerous books, including \u003ci\u003eStar of the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e, an international bestseller and winner of an American Library Association Award, as well as \u003ci\u003eShadowplay\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Irish Novel of the Year Award in 2019. He has also written for the stage and screen. He is currently a professor of creative writing at the University of Limerick. He lives with his wife in Dublin, Ireland.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Free Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45136766894195,"sku":"9781416553175","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_d15b9e18-5a4e-4100-aa53-242cd6eef3c5.jpg?v=1782480000","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/redemption-falls-9781416553175","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}