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"Set against the backdrop of the Great Famine, this is the story of the triumph of one woman amidst Ireland's despair. It is August 1845. In Dublin's Botanic Gardens, Phytophora infestans is discovered for the first time. The bacteria was to result in the Great Famine, an event of holocaust proportions that affected every man, woman and child in Ireland. England's shame; Ireland's tragedy . Ellen O'Malley is one such victim. She loses her husband, is duped into going to Australia to lead a better life, leaving three of her beloved children behind. She travels aboard a coffin ship and arrives emaciated and ill with her new baby. But Ellen, a woman with an indomitable spirit, rises above her oppression and eventually returns to wreak revenge on those perpetrators of her misery."
-Publisher's blurb.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Ellen O'Malley On Three Continents
2000
single work
review
— Appears in: Tain , Jan-Feb no. 1 2000; (p. 19)
— Review of The Whitest Flower 1998 single work novel -
An Epic Tale
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: Bibliofile , August vol. 10 no. 1 1999; (p. 32-34)
— Review of The Whitest Flower 1998 single work novel -
Untitled
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 13 February 1999; (p. 25)
— Review of The Whitest Flower 1998 single work novel -
Songwriter Dons Another Cap as Writer of Fiction
1999
single work
biography
— Appears in: The Canberra Times Sunday Times , 24 January 1999; (p. 18)
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An Epic Tale
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: Bibliofile , August vol. 10 no. 1 1999; (p. 32-34)
— Review of The Whitest Flower 1998 single work novel -
Ellen O'Malley On Three Continents
2000
single work
review
— Appears in: Tain , Jan-Feb no. 1 2000; (p. 19)
— Review of The Whitest Flower 1998 single work novel -
Untitled
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 13 February 1999; (p. 25)
— Review of The Whitest Flower 1998 single work novel -
Songwriter Dons Another Cap as Writer of Fiction
1999
single work
biography
— Appears in: The Canberra Times Sunday Times , 24 January 1999; (p. 18)
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cCanada,cAmericas,
- South Australia,
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cUnited States of America (USA),cAmericas,
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cIreland,cWestern Europe, Europe,
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cAustralia,c
- 1800-1899