{"title":"The Achill Series","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-IE;\"\u003eTHE ACHILL SERIES\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003ePaperback Bundle – Includes Both Novels\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-IE;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-IE;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-IE;\"\u003eTwo Bestselling Epic Novels. Two Continents. One Sweeping Family Saga.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-IE;\"\u003eSave when you purchase both bestselling novels together.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-IE;\"\u003eFrom internationally bestselling and award-winning author \u003cb\u003eOlive Collins\u003c\/b\u003e comes an unforgettable historical saga spanning a century of upheaval, courage, betrayal, faith, and survival.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-IE;\"\u003eMeticulously researched and vividly written, \u003ci\u003eThe Achill Series\u003c\/i\u003e transports readers from the immigrant streets of nineteenth-century New York to the war-torn villages of Biafra, bringing forgotten chapters of history to life through unforgettable characters and powerful storytelling.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-IE;\"\u003eManhattan Ember\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-IE;\"\u003eAn Immigration Story of Friendship, Rivalry \u0026amp; Betrayal\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-IE;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-IE;\"\u003eA sweeping tale of Irish immigration, family secrets, ambition, and loss set against the rise of New York and the mystery that haunts one family for generations.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-IE;\"\u003eThe Healers' War\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-IE;\"\u003eA Story of Survival, Faith, and Impossible Choices\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-IE;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-IE;\"\u003eSet during the Biafran War, this powerful novel follows Irish missionaries and a young Nigerian boy whose lives become entwined amid famine, conflict, and extraordinary acts of courage.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-IE;\"\u003ePerfect for readers who love richly researched historical fiction, epic family sagas, and stories inspired by real events.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-IE;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-IE;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"manhattan-ember-an-immigration-story-of-friendship-rivalry-betrayal-1","title":"Paperback:  Manhattan Ember: An Immigration Story of Friendship, Rivalry \u0026 Betrayal","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"The Bestselling Award-Winning Author has produced the greatest novel on the Irish-American story,\" The Post\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"A masterly constructed epic novel,\" Independent.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 1866, onboard an immigrant ship bound for New York, events play out which have an everlasting effect on their lives, and the lives of their offspring.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMarguerite Kelley, the daughter of an esteemed Irish immigrant grew up in a home that was dominated by the disappearance of her uncle. 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