Ellis Island (3 books in series)

City of Hope (2013)
language
English
author
3.67 of 5 Votes: 5
review 1: Although many people gave this a higher rating, I found this book good enough to finish, mildly entertaining and pretty much an exercise in wish fulfillment for the main character. Ellie is feeling stifled by life in her small Irish town. Her husband dies. She runs off to New Yor...
Grace's Pictures (2006)
language
English
author
3.68 of 5 Votes: 5
review 1: Grace is living in a poorhouse in Ireland when she learns she's been sponsored to come to America. She has no skills and must rely on the kindness of her benefactors to make a living. But when she comes in contact with a photographer and a policeman, her life is changed forever.T...
Ellis Island (2011)
language
English
author
3.66 of 5 Votes: 5
review 1: The characters, in general, had about as much depth as characters from a 1940's film about the 1920's. In many ways, one could call it cliche. What didn't ring true for me was the ending. It was too abrupt, open-ended, and from the perspective of how Ellie's character had been ma...