A review by patmcmanamon
The Hungry Road by Marita Conlon-McKenna

3.0

Some amazingly sad details about the Great Hunger in Ireland and the town of Skibbereen, which was one of the first places it started. The book mixes sad and tragic -- in heartbreaking ways -- with stories of people trying to help while the British government let almost an entire nation starve. One major criticism: The book apparently was the author's first attempt at an adult novel after writing books for teens. There are too many times the writing sounds like it's for junior high schoolers, which holds things back.

If you want to read the definitive novel on this subject, read Liam O'Flaherty's Famine, which is five stars (link below):

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/760326.Famine?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=fwUcKZ46cK&rank=1