{"product_id":"irish-above-all-9780765380890","title":"Irish Above All","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMary Pat Kelly draws upon family heritage to continue the story of Nora Kelly--begun in \u003ci\u003eOf Irish Blood\u003c\/i\u003e--with a striking novel of historical fiction in \u003ci\u003eIrish Above All\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter ten years in Paris, where she learned photography and became part of the movement that invented modern art, Chicago-born, Irish-American Nora Kelly is at last returning home. Her skill as a photographer will help her cousin Ed Kelly in his rise to Mayor of Chicago. But when she captures the moment an assassin's bullet narrowly misses President-elect Franklin Roosevelt and strikes Anton Cermak in February 1933, she enters a world of international intrigue and danger. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow, she must balance family obligations against her encounters with larger-than-life historical characters, such as Joseph Kennedy, Big Bill Thompson, Al Capone, Mussolini, and the circle of women who surround F.D.R. Nora moves through the Roaring Twenties, the Great Depression, and World War II, but it's her unexpected trip to Ireland that transforms her life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-12563239\"\u003eMary Pat Kelly\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Forge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/25\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 512\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.10w x 1.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780765380890\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0765380897\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC014000\"\u003eHistorical | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC051000\"\u003eCultural Heritage\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC045000\"\u003eFamily Life | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMARY PAT KELLY, as an author and filmmaker, has told many stories connected to Ireland. She is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eGalway Bay \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Of Irish Blood \u003c\/i\u003eand is a frequent contributor to \u003ci\u003eIrish America Magazine.\u003c\/i\u003e As a filmmaker her credits include \u003ci\u003eProud \u003c\/i\u003estarring Ossie Davis and Stephen Rea, three award-winning PBS documentaries, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand work in television for \u003ci\u003eGood Morning America \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Saturday Night Live\u003c\/i\u003e. She wrote the book and lyrics for the musical \u003ci\u003eAbby's Song\u003c\/i\u003e. A graduate of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, Kelly received her PhD in English from the CUNY Graduate Center. Named one of \u003ci\u003eIrish America\u003c\/i\u003e magazine's Top 50 Power Women, she was born and raised in Chicago and lives in New York with her husband, app developer Martin Sheerin from County Tyrone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Forge","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44540864463085,"sku":"9780765380890","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_80092969-9c03-4bcb-ae0e-2ca2e5377714.jpg?v=1701495036","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/es\/products\/irish-above-all-9780765380890","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}