The winner of the KERRY IRISH Collection of 2018 is awarded the WALTER SCOTT Award for a historical award and the WILLIAM SAROYAN International Prize for 2018, selected as the 2017 Best Book by GUARDIAN and ESQUIRE. In the grip of famine.

Early on the first morning of October, Mother Grace removes her sleep and cuts her hair savagely and says to her, "You are the strong person now." Her mother fits in the men's clothes and receive them, because they are no longer safe at home. With her younger brother Coley in the clouds, the two embarked on a brilliant journey against the shadow that loomed in their darker country clock..