Today I finished reading Brideen by Kathleen McDonnell, a historical fiction novel about survivors of the Irish potato famine based on the life of one of the author’s ancestors.

It was a good story, and I liked the reasonable conjectures the author made when real historical documents could only go so far in sharing what actually occurred.

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Book cover for Brideen by Kathleen McDonnell. Image on cover is presumably a black and white photo of the author’s ancestor who survived famine in Ireland in the 1800s and eventually moved to America.
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Jul 5, 2026, 18:47 UTCen