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So Far From Home: The Diary of Mary Driscoll, An Irish Mill Girl

Geskus, Elsa

Denenberg, Barry SO FAR FROM HOME: The Diary of Mary Driscoll, An Irish Mill Girl. ISBN: 59S92667-5. New York Scholastic,1997. 166pp. $9.95. Througheight months of diary entries, the story of Mary Driscoll unfolds, from the potato famine in Ireland to her journey to America. Mary describes her life as an employee of a Lowell, Massachusetts, textile mill, circa 1847. The hardships of this life are annotated by the author in his closing remarks about each of the individuals from the diary. Ages 10 up. Reviewed by Elsa Geskus, Kutztown University, PA

Copyright Association for Childhood Education 1998

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