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02155aam a22003498i 4500 001 E67A2048D2B011ED872B743748ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230404012110 008 220819s2022 nyu b 000 0beng 010 $a 2022001972 020 $a 1479817511 020 $a 9781479817511 040 $a LBSOR/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- $a n-us--- 050 00 $a F128.9.I6 $b G76 2022 082 00 $a B $a B $2 23/eng/20220909 100 1 $a Groarke, Vona, $e author. 245 10 $a Hereafter : $b the telling life of Ellen O'Hara / $c Vona Groarke. 264 1 $a New York : $b New York University Press, $c [2022] 300 $a 184 pages 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a Hereafter tells the story of Ellen O'Hara, a young woman emigrant from Ireland at the end of the nineteenth century who, with courage and resilience, made a life for herself in New York, firstly as a domestic servant and later in her own boarding house-all the while financially supporting those at home. Vona Groarke builds this story from historical fact, drawing from various archives for evidence of her great-grandmother Ellen. However, she also considers why lives such as Ellens seem to leave such a light trace in such records and fills in the gaps with memory and empathetic projection. Ellenscrappy, skeptical, and straight-talkingis the heroine of Hereafter, whose resilience animates the story and whose voice shines through with vivid clarity. Hereafter is both a compelling account of an incredible figure and a reflection on how one womans story can speak for more than one life. $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a O'Hara, Ellen, $d 1862-1950. 650 0 $a Irish $z New York $z New York $v Biography. 650 0 $a Women immigrants $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Irish American women $z New York $z New York $x Social conditions $y 20th century. 650 7 $a BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a HISTORY / Women. $2 bisacsh 941 $a 1 952 $l FYPI314 $d 20230404012511.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=E67A2048D2B011ED872B743748ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search