A review by crystalweaver
The Story We Carry in Our Bones: Irish History for Americans by Juilene Osborne-McKnight

informative fast-paced

4.0

Exactly the sort of introductory book I was looking for. It's fast-paced, engaging, and gives a "big picture" look at all the key events in Irish and Irish-American history--and, helpfully, contains suggestions for further reading if one wants to go more in-depth on any of the topics it touches on. My only disappointment was that it doesn't cover much modern Irish history (though this is understandable, since its focus is really on Irish-American history). I also could have done with the short story interludes, personally.