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Of Irish Blood
by Mary Pat Kelly
3.28 of 5 stars
3.28 · rating details · 93 ratings · 29 reviews
It’s 1903. Nora Kelly, twenty-four, is talented, outspoken, progressive, and climbing the ladder of opportunity, until she falls for an attractive but dangerous man who sends her running back to the Old World her family had fled. Nora takes on Paris, mixing with couturiers, artists, and "les femmes Americaines" of the Left Bank such as Gertrude Stein and Sylvia Beach. But when she stumbles into the centuries-old Collège des Irlandais, a good-looking scholar, an unconventional priest, and Ireland’s revolutionary women challenge Nora to honor her Irish blood and join the struggle to free Ireland.
Author Mary Pat Kelly weaves historical characters such as Maud Gonne, William Butler Yeats, Countess Markievicz, Michael Collins, and Eamon de Valera, as well as Gabrielle Chanel, Gertrude Stein, James Joyce, and Nora Barnicle, into Of Irish Blood, a vivid and compelling story inspired by the life of her great-aunt.
I’m also glad to say that early feedback is great:
“A fascinating story… engrossing central character.” Mary Higgins Clark
“An incredible writer captures the world of Parisian fashions in the 1920’s.” Tommy Hilfiger
“A great read.” Patricia Harty – Editor, Irish America Magazine
“Irresistible.“ Peter Quinn
“Illuminates the arduous task of finding one's true self in the midst of the whirlwind.” Mary Gordon
As an author and filmmaker, Mary Pat Kelly has told various stories connected to Ireland. Her best-selling novel Galway Bay (2009), called “pure magic” by Frank McCourt, is based on the history of her Irish-American family and is currently in development as a TV mini-series with director Jim Sheridan. Of Irish Blood (2015) continues the saga. She produced and directed award-winning PBS documentaries that include To Live for Ireland (1986) a portrait of Nobel Peace Prize winner John Hume and the political party he led; Home Away from Home: The Yanks in Ireland (1992), a history of U.S. forces in Northern Ireland during World War II with an accompanying book; and Proudly We Served: The Men of the USS Mason (1995), a portrayal of the only African-American sailors to take a World War II warship into combat, whose first foreign port was Belfast which won the CINE Golden Eagle. Her book of the same title was published by Naval Institute Press in 1995. She wrote and directed the dramatic feature film Proud (2004), starring Ossie Davis in his last film role and Oscar nominee Stephen Rea, based on the USS Mason story. Distributed theatrically by Castle Hill Productions and on television by Lionsgate, the film was selected by Tribeca and many other film festivals.
