under the hawthorn tree by marita conlon mckenna

Underneath the wrapped shawl her body was too thin, her skin white and either too hot or too cold to the touch. Bridget’s eyes were closed and her soft face looked paler than ever as she lay wrapped in Mother’s shawl, her little fist clinging to a piece of the long chestnut-coloured hair.īridget was ill – they all knew it.

The hot ash made a soft glow in the gloom of the cottage. Her little sister Peggy moved against her. THE AIR FELT COLD and damp as Eily stirred in her bed and tried to pull a bit more of the blanket up to her shoulders. Under the Hawthorn Tree – The Great Irish Famine, A Study Guide to the Novel and Film is also available.Ī Simple History of The Great Famine, 1845–1850 Under the Hawthorn Tree has been filmed by Young Irish Filmmakers in association with Channel 4 Learning and is available to buy on video. USA & Canada, French, German, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Italian, Japanese, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic

Österreichischer Kinder- und JugendbuchpreisįOREIGN EDITIONS OF UNDER THE HAWTHORN TREE Translated into twelve languages over 200,000 sold in IrelandĪ special note of thanks for their support and encouragement to the following: my husband James, my mother and father Mary and Patrick Conlon, my Aunt Eleanor (Murphy), Brigid Brady, Pat Donlon, Anne O’Connell and the Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Annaghmakerrig. ‘beautiful and moving … historically true and fictionally vivid’ ‘makes a whole part of our history come alive, while it still remains a thrilling adventure tale’ With tremendous courage, they set out on a journey that will test every reserve of strength, love and loyalty they possess. Their only hope is to find the great-aunts they have heard about in their mother’s stories. Starving and in danger of being sent to the workhouse, they escape. When tragedy strikes their family, Eily, Michael and Peggy are left to fend for themselves. Ireland in the 1840s is devastated by famine.

Under the hawthorn tree by marita conlon mckenna