by Brian D . Osborne (Introduction), PatrickMacGill (Author)
This text tells the tale of the struggle of Donegal girl Norah Ryan against poverty at the turn of the century. The name is from a lodging house where human beings, pinched and poverty-stricken and ground down with a weight of oppression, are hemmed up like the plague-stricken in a pest-house.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 336
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Birlinn Ltd
Published: 02 Feb 2004
ISBN 10: 184158004X
ISBN 13: 9781841580043