'A fearless writer' LISA TADDEO

'The characters are so well drawn and out of the ordinary that I was quickly drawn into their story and didn't want it to end' 5***** Reader Review

'A novel of great compassion and understanding....rich with story' JOHN BOYNE

1960s Rural Ireland. Greta Cahill must abandon her deserted village to follow her fearless sister Johanna on a ship bound for New York...It's here that she steps out of her sister's shadow and into a life of her own, rich with love, work and family.

As the years pass, Greta longs to revisit the past - to see her mother, to show her what she has made of herself. But she must protect a family secret, decades old. So when her children conspire to unite the worlds she's kept so carefully apart, Greta fears she could lose it all...A profoundly moving, compassionate story of self-discovery, The Walking People is a powerful and compelling story about our connection to the past.