Hunger

Donna Jo Napoli

Mar 2018 · Tantor Media Inc · Narrated by Sarah-Jane Drummey

About this audiobook

Through the eyes of twelve-year-old Lorraine this haunting novel from the award-winning author of Hidden and Hush gives insight and understanding into a little known part of history-the Irish potato famine. It is the autumn of 1846 in Ireland. Lorraine and her brother are waiting for the time to pick the potato crop on their family farm leased from an English landowner. But this year is different-the spuds are mushy and ruined. What will Lorraine and her family do? Then Lorraine meets Miss Susannah, the daughter of the wealthy English landowner who owns Lorraine's family's farm, and the girls form an unlikely friendship that they must keep a secret from everyone. Two different cultures come together in a deserted Irish meadow. And Lorraine has one question: how can she help her family survive? A little known part of history, the Irish potato famine altered history forever and caused a great immigration in the later part of the 1800s. Lorraine's story is a heartbreaking and ultimately redemptive story of one girl's strength and resolve to save herself and her family against all odds.

About the author

Donna Jo Napoli is the acclaimed and award-winning author of many novels, both fantasies and contemporary stories. She is a professor of linguistics at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania, where she lives with her husband. Visit her at donnajonapoli.com.

Sarah-Jane Drummey has earned AudioFile Earphones awards and appeared on Best of the Year lists for her narrations. A respected theater actor in her native Ireland and the UK, she has played pivotal roles on some of the world's main stages, including the Abbey Theatre, Lincoln Center, and the Kennedy Center DC.