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Where the Heart Should Be When the Irish potato famine steals the foundation of everything Nell knows, she becomes the fierce heart holding her family together through impossible choices and unimaginable loss. Set against the devastating backdrop of 1846, this novel strips away everything—comfort, security, hope itself—to ask what we're truly made of when survival means sacrificing our dreams. Sarah Crossan crafts a deeply moving story about the quiet heroism of ordinary people and whether love alone can sustain us when the world is crumbling. This is a gut-wrenching, beautiful meditation on humanity that will stay with you long after the final page.
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