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"Allie Buckley and Sarah Rooney have known each other since their Dublin childhood in the mid-19th century. Allie, reasonably well off, dislikes her domineering mother and finds her downtrodden father irritating. Sarah, from the slums, works with her mother Bess as a servant for the Buckleys, though it does nothing to spoil the girls' friendship. Sarah falls in love with a soldier from the barracks, just as Allie realises that her mother wants to marry her off to Maurice McDermott, a rich family friend. Allie is mildly infatuated with Dr Daniel Casey, but has already decided she wants to become a doctor.
Grief-stricken by the death of her 11-year-old sister Mary Ann from pneumonia, Sarah discovers she is carrying the child of her soldier lover, Jimmy Vance, and decides she should terminate the pregnancy. She changes her mind after Mary Ann appears to her in a dream and says she would have been an aunt to the baby if she had lived.
When her condition becomes obvious, her angry father throws her out, and she and her mother are sacked from the Buckleys' household. Allie leaves home as well, and they join a community of outcast women, the Wrens of the Curragh, living rough on the outskirts of the army camp near Dublin. Allie becomes their doctor because of her medical knowledge and nursing skills, though most of the women resent the well-spoken young girl who must be too good for them. Sarah has a son, and is reunited with Jimmy whom she vows to marry. Daniel reappears, and another twist of fate makes Allie and Sarah consider a new life in the United States – but yet another unforeseen event alters their plans.
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John Van der Kiste, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Tone of book?
- thoughtful
Time/era of story
- 19th century
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Pregnancy/Child rearing
Yes
Major part of story:
- dealing with unexpected pregnancy
Main Character
Gender
- Female
Profession/status:
- unemployed
Age:
- 20's-30's
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Irish/McCourt
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 4 ()
Europe
Yes
European country:
- Ireland
Misc setting
- fancy mansion
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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