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Song of the Silent Harp
Christian fiction
Song of the Silent Harp
Book 1 of the Emerald Ballad series
412 pages · First published 1991
Nora Kavanagh and her family leave Ireland during the Great Famine, carrying grief and uncertainty toward the promise of a new life in America. The Atlantic crossing and immigrant experience expose them to loss, poverty, prejudice, and relationships that complicate the idea of simply beginning again. Music and faith become threads of cultural memory as the family tries to preserve identity while adapting to a new country. B. J. Hoff opens the Emerald Ballad with Christian historical fiction that treats Irish emigration as both a physical journey and an emotional separation from a homeland that cannot easily be left behind.
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