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	• Ashes of Roses M. J. Auch Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), 2002 - 256 pages average customer review:based on 31 reviews view larger image
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Ashes of Roses

I bought this book as a gift. I was pleased with the delivery and the condition of the book.
Bonnie Cadwell

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The main reason to read this book would be to pique your interest in the time period. You will learn a lot about immigration in the early 1900's, the Triangle Shirt Waist Fire, sweat shops, life in New York. The story doesn't have much of the ring of emotional authenticity. I don't doubt that the author's facts are true and her topic is well-researched, but I don't get much of a deeper understanding of who these characters are and why they behave the way they do. I have the sense of the author behind the scene pulling the strings to make the story turn out the way it does. The parallels drawn to 9/11 are eerie, but the fire was a very different event.

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Ashes of Roses

Ashes of Roses is a very interesting book. It has lots of historical reference to the Ellis Island immigration period, and is very well written.
The main character, Rose Nolan, makes the long voyage with her family to New York City from Ireland. It is a terrible, harsh voyage, and when they finally arrive, are forsed to make a horrible descision. The baby boy of the family is examined, and found to have a minor disease called Trachoma. Her father must take him back to Ireland, and Rose and her sister and mother are left to fend for themselves in the city.
When they arrive at their uncle's house, it is made very clear that they are unwelcome. His two daughters act snooty and spoilt, and I can feel Rose's anger and pain as if I were actually there with her. She is forsed to maintain a painstaking job making paper flowers for little pay just to help her small family get by.
A very nice book, but it drags on a little in certain parts. Over all, I would reccomend it.

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I Hate Books With History and LOVED This!!!!!

In the book Ashes of Roses, by Mary Jane Auch there was a family of six comng to america from ireland in 1911 and when they got to america the youngest of the four children is diagnosed with an eye illness and is not allowed to comce to america, so the father takes him back and the three girls and the mom stay in americ, then the mom get homesick and takes the youngest daughter with her back to ireland and leaves the two oldest girls in america on their own. The two sisters make it through the teriangle waist factory fire and lots of discrimination torwards them. This book is an overall book of loving sisterly kindness, and i would highly reccomend it for readers of all age.

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Powertful, moving and intelligent

The novel "Ashes of Roses" is a powerful, moving and intelligent book. I highly recommend it for all ages. The story is based in the Nolan family who travels from the streets of Limrick, Ireland. They take a boat trip to "The Streets of Gold" in New York. Once the family of six (Michael Nolan, Father, Margaret Nolan-Mother, Margaret Rose Nolan- Oldest sister 16, Maureen Nolan- middle sister 12, Bridget Nolan- Youngest sister 4, and Joseph Nolan- young infant (brother) are about to enter America, Joseph gets sick with an eye disease which prevents his entry into America. Michael chose to return to Ireland with Joseph, while Margaret, Rose, Maureen and Bridget find their way through America. Throughout the story, the author Mary Jane Auch is very precise with the Irish and Yiddish accents. The book really helped me understand and connect with the characters learning about the hard life to live in America. Enjoy!

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The honest and compelling story of a young girl's newfound independence, from her entrance into a new country to her frightening involvement in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire of 1911.

My heart filled with fear and hope at the same time. I had the feeling that I was brought to America for a purpose. Something important would happen to me here.

I remembered the words of the poem, "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses . . ."

"Here we are, America," I whispered. "We're just exactly what you ordered."

When she arrives on Ellis Island as a seventeen-year-old Irish immigrant, Rose Nolan is looking for a land of opportunities; what she finds is far from all she'd dreamed. Stubborn and tenacious, she refuses to give up. Left alone to fend for herself and her younger sister, Rose is thrust into a hard-knock life of tenements and factory work.

When the devastating Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire of 1911 rushes into Rose's life, her confusions are brought to an all-too-painful head. To whom and to what can she turn when everything around her is in ashes?

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