Manhattan to west Cork Alice's adventures in Ireland

Carey, Alice, author.

Large Print 2017

A bittersweet tale of a girl trapped between two worlds, juxtaposed with a woman struggling to make peace with her past. As a young girl, Alice Carey moved with her family from Kerry, Ireland to Manhattan. When her mother found work as a maid to legendary Broadway producer Jean Dalrymple, Alice was exposed to a life she had only seen in films. The radical contrast between 1960s rural Ireland and cosmopolitan Manhattan caused confusion and conflic...

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