The Irish Hope

<p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The American dream and the immigrant reality collide for Norah McCabe as her adventure continues.</strong></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Fourteen-year-old Norah and her family have settled into life in New York City's notorious Five Point neighborhood. The family does what it can to make due from sweeping at a bank to doing laundry and sewing for rich people and working in a factory. Norah misses the fresh air and green countryside of Ireland and dreams of going back. To make money for a ship's ticket she disguises herself as a boy to sell newspapers and then learns how to hawk wares on the streets.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Even as she dreams of returning to Ireland Norah is drawn into the magic of New York City-from riding in a fancy carriage to visiting Barnum's American Museum where she has a conversation with Walt Whitman. She meets new friends and is introduced to the theatre and other entertainment where fate may have different plans for her.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Roam the streets of 1840s New York City as Norah begins her journey to becoming an American. Where hope is more than just a word if you can dream big and work hard.</span></p><p></p>