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What Becomes of Us
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By: Henrietta McKervey
Publisher: Hachette Ireland
Published: January 2016
Pages: 381
Categories: Fiction
Language: English
Available as: Paperback
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ISBN-13: 9781444794113
ISBN: 1444794116
ASIN: 1444794116

When Maria Mills flees London with only a suitcase and her young daughter, she is intent on a new life. To hide from her past, she has carefully constructed a story based on a lie even her child believes is true. It is 1965 and Dublin is a city on the cusp of change. As the country prepares to commemorate the 1916 Rising, Maria meets Tess McDermott, a former member of Cumann na mBan. Tess saw active service during the Rising and Maria soon realises that she, too, is closely guarding a secret. Set against the backdrop of stifling social mores alongside a defiant new wave of women's liberation, What Becomes of Us is a beautifully told story of the delicate balance between risk and survival, of nationhood and of the struggle to carve out a new identity when the past refuses to let go.

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