The Girl from Ballymor

What would you sacrifice for your children?

Ballymor, Ireland, 1847

As famine grips the country Kitty McCarthy is left widowed and alone. Fighting to keep her two remaining children alive against all odds, Kitty must decide how far she will go to save her family.

Present day

Arriving in Ballymor, Maria is researching her ancestor, Victorian artist Michael McCarthy – and his beloved mother, the mysterious Kitty who disappeared without a trace.

Running from her future, it’s not only answers about the past that Maria hopes to find in Ireland. As her search brings her closer to the truth about Kitty’s fate, Maria must make the biggest decision of her life.

©2020 Kathleen McGurl (P)2020 HarperCollins Publishers Limited

This is a great book!!

I appreciate how the author took the time to do so much research ! Thank you.

Lovely Ireland

This was my first book by this author, and I enjoyed the story, including Irish history, and the narrator, who was fantastic!

Wonderful story, captivating all the to the end!

This was the second book from this author and this one was just as wonderful! Well done.

6 stars

If I could rate 6 or more stars I would. Just a wonderful story that holds your interest. The history intertwined about the hardships in Ireland during the potato famine was incredible. I was truly mesmerized by the characters and the setting and just loved this book.
Narrator was great too

Loved this book!

This was a charming book that I thoroughly enjoyed listening to. The narrator was great.