The Weaver's Legacy: A historical epic novel of the Irish in the American West (The O'Neill Trilogy)

From the bestselling author of The Tide Between Us and The Memory of Music comes an epic story of The American West. The Weavers Legacy 1865: Goldie ONeill was nine years of age when she trekked across the unclaimed American West with her family to form their own Irish catholic Colony. Their new community had dreams of self-governance and prosperity far removed from the anti-Irish sentiment and prejudice of the ruling classes. They soon learned about the extremes of the American West and the ongoing Indian war. A year after their arrival, Goldie blames herself for her sisters disappearance. She forms an unlikely friendship with a Lakota Indian boy who promises to help with her life-long quest to find her sister. In the intervening years, as their community flourishes and a new prejudice surfaces, her sisters disappearance ebbs away for everyone except Goldie.1937: Lucy ONeill was adopted by her aunt, Goldie ONeill. When she learns that her father, Lorcan ONeill, has returned to the small town in the Midwest after a thirty-year absence, she returns to meet him. Aware of the silence that surrounds his name and the reluctance of her family to reveal the real story, Lucy delves into the past to find a story far removed from the account her aunt had told her.