Published: 2020, Myriad Editions Genre: Fiction Themes: Love story, Irish famine, slavery, nineteenth century America My rating (out of 5): ❤❤❤❤❤ Based on the true story of the author's great-great-grandparents, this is a fictionalised account of a forbidden love that defied all the societal rules in nineteenth century America. Sarah is a house slave working for the owner of a cotton plantation and Henry is an Irish immigrant who came to America on a coffin ship having fled the famine in his own country. They meet on a dirt road as Sarah is returning to her owners after a few days of being rented out to a neighbour, and Henry is a jobbing blacksmith travelling along looking for work. They both have to shelter under a tree when a violent thunderstorm brings torrential rain and Henry has his first encounter with a slave. Henry has always known hunger and poverty but until he came to America he has never known of people being owned as property and treated as th...