Where the Heart Should Be

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 By: Sarah Cossan

Location: FIC CRO

Genre: Historical Fiction and Verse Novel

So much emotion packed into such few words.
A brutal but sad story about survival, grief, violence, family, and love.- 


This book is perfect for anyone who appreciates historical fiction with emotional depth. If you’re drawn to beautiful, poetic writing or want to explore a key moment in Irish history, this one will move you deeply.

It is 1846 and Ireland is starving.

The potatoes are black, people are dying and in the midst of it all Nell must do everything she can to keep her family together, and everyone she loves alive. Even if it means giving up her every want, dream and desire.

From multi-award-winning author Sarah Crossan comes a stirring, heart-wrenching novel that explores the value we place on humanity and asks can you survive on love alone?

Review on Goodreads

 Beautiful historical fiction written in prose about young, forbidden love during the famine in Ireland in the 1840s. This was far more powerful than I was expecting. People barely able to get by with little help from those in power is an important hardship we still feel. Beautiful, tragic, heartbreaking. Recommend

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