Michael

Michael is the absorbing sequel to Ann O’Farrell’s debut novel, Norah’s Children. Only three years old at the death of his mother, Michael is first abandoned by his father and separated from his brothers and sisters, and then his adoptive father rejects him and passes him on to an elderly spinster sister as financial insurance for her old age.

Coming of age as the Second World War looms, Michael is saved from total isolation and loneliness only by his best friend Paul. Events dictate that Michael must grow up quickly, but will he ever discover his Irish heritage and reunite with the brothers and sisters he does not remember?

The story of Michael continues to bond us to this Irish family and the moving saga of their young lives.

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Ann O'Farrell read from
Michael.