A Girl from Kilkishen |
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| Author:
| Burleigh, Michael |
| ISBN: | 978-0-6485078-0-2 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2019 |
| Publisher: | Michael Burleigh
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $45.00 |
Book Description:
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Mary Ellen McNamara was just 23, with little formal education and with little money, when she left Ireland in 1914 and came to Australia. She began a new life in a new land, met and married a man of Irish descent, had 4 children, and then lost her husband after only 6 years of marriage. Mary Ellen not only survived but went on to build an empire. She did all of this at a time when fate, circumstances and gender should have conspired to defeat her. This is her story.
Mary Ellen McNamara was just 23, with little formal education and with little money, when she left Ireland in 1914 and came to Australia. She began a new life in a new land, met and married a man of Irish descent, had 4 children, and then lost her husband after only 6 years of marriage. Mary Ellen not only survived but went on to build an empire. She did all of this at a time when fate, circumstances and gender should have conspired to defeat her. This is her story.