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Under the hawthorn tree is a childrens historical novel by marita conlonmckenna, the first in her children of the famine trilogy set at the time of the great famine in ireland. Children of the famine reprint by marita conlonmckenna, donald teskey, p. The intense and horrible suffering and disease would need to be confronted truthfully but without lurid sensationalism. Marita conlonmckenna s children of the famine series brings to life as never before the great famine of 1840s ireland and the immigrations that followed.
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