Look Not Upon Our Sins by Georgette Symonds

It is there that her daughter, Elizabeth, becomes an alcoholic and goes into exile. But they were ill prepared for the life they found in 1927 Brooklyn. They traveled across the Atlantic full of dreams for a new life. When he tragically dies, Bridget and her three daughters set sail to join here wealthy brother in America. The years of searching for Meg were to continue until she married Peter. Could her search for her sister end here? Bridget, only 13, carried the burden of knowing she was somehow responsible for her missing sister. Before her, under a mound of fallen leaves, a piece of faded red cloth protruded. And, in that moment, a torrent of guilt and regret swelled up consuming her. The backdrop covers everything from the Great Famine to the heart wrenching crossing over the Atlantic Ocean on coffin ships as Irish ancestors died trying desperately to reach for a new life in North America.Bridget Donahue's heart stopped. Look Not Upon Our Sins does just that. That there is no one to write for the Irish, no one to speak for them”. It’s been said that the Irish experience is mute. It is only when Bridget’s granddaughter, Mabel, who was abandoned and betrayed grows up that the pieces of the family are put back together and they find out what happened back in Ireland to Meg. Bridget and her three daughters set sail to join her wealthy brother in America. The land that took away from her all she loved because of her mistakes. When he tragically dies, Bridget could no longer stand to live in her beloved Ireland.

Could her search for her sister end here? Bridget, only thirteen, carried the burden of knowing she was somehow responsible for her missing sister. However, it is seen through the eyes of three generations of women showing the complex dynamic relationship between mother and daughter and between sisters.īridget Donahue’s heart stopped. Like Frank McCourt’s Angela’s Ashes this is the compelling story of an Irish family. Is an Irish style Roots meets A Tree Grows In Brooklyn. I hope it becomes a New York Times Best Seller!”Īndy Cooney Irish American Entertainer and Recording Artist You will immediately fall in love with the passion of Bridget Donahue. “A wonderful novel that truly captures Ireland.

Look Not Upon Our Sins by Georgette Symonds