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OverviewA lyrical portrait of a young Irish woman reinventing herself at the turn of the twentieth century in America. In July 1882, Ellen O'Hara stepped off a ship from the West of Ireland to begin a new life in New York. What she encountered was a world of casual racial prejudice that characterized her as ignorant, dirty, and feckless, the butt of many jokes. From the slim range of jobs available to her she, like, many of her kind, found a position as a domestic servant, working long hours and living in to save on rent and keep. After an unfortunate marriage, Ellen determined to win financial security on her own, and eventually opened a boarding house where her two children were able to rejoin her. Vona Groarke builds this story from historical fact, drawing from various archives for evidence of Ellen. However, she also considers why lives such as Ellen's seem to leave such a light trace in such records and fills in the gaps with memory and empathetic projection. Ellen--scrappy, skeptical, and straight-talking--is the heroine of Hereafter, whose resilience animates the story and whose voice shines through with vivid clarity. Hereafter is both a compelling account of an incredible figure and a reflection on how one woman's story can speak for more than one life. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Vona Groarke , Siobhan WaringPublisher: Tantor Audio Imprint: Tantor Audio ISBN: 9798212364324Publication Date: 15 November 2022 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Audio Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor Information"""One of the best poets writing in Ireland today"" (Poetry Ireland Review), Vona Groarke has published twelve books, including eight poetry collections such as Link: Poet and World. A Cullman Fellow at the New York Public Library (2018-19), she is the current poet in residence at St John's College, Cambridge University in the UK. Poet, essayist, editor, and critic, she makes her home in the west of Ireland, where she reads and writes. Siobhan Waring is an award-winning voice artist from England, with a voice described as ""inquisitive, ""soothing,"" and ""wry."" She lives a new adventure every day by immersing herself in a wealth of books and becoming all the characters within them, bringing the stories to life for listeners through audio. Half Irish and half Scottish with an English accent, and having spent her early years in the Middle East, she loves to perform accents from the UK and beyond in her work." Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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