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The Healer of Corky Row
Published by Sea Crow Press
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About the Book
A mystical journey through family, tradition, and survival in a changing America.
In 1908, Irish healer Nuala Conneely arrives in a struggling Massachusetts mill town carrying the Book of Knowledge and burdened by a geis—a sacred vow to preserve ancient healing traditions as penance for her father’s death.
In Corky Row, Nuala uses potions, prayers, and Celtic rituals to protect her family and neighbors, striving to maintain balance between people and the natural world. But her well-intended interventions carry consequences, especially for her nine children as they navigate a rapidly modernizing America.
Against the backdrop of the Depression, world war, and sweeping social change, Nuala’s certainty begins to falter. When a young Azorean woman seeking apprenticeship enters her life, Nuala must confront long-held beliefs and decide what balance and tradition truly mean.
Rich in history, mysticism, and emotional depth, The Healer of Corky Row explores family bonds, cultural inheritance, and the challenge of remaining true to oneself in changing times.
In 1908, Irish healer Nuala Conneely arrives in a struggling Massachusetts mill town carrying the Book of Knowledge and burdened by a geis—a sacred vow to preserve ancient healing traditions as penance for her father’s death.
In Corky Row, Nuala uses potions, prayers, and Celtic rituals to protect her family and neighbors, striving to maintain balance between people and the natural world. But her well-intended interventions carry consequences, especially for her nine children as they navigate a rapidly modernizing America.
Against the backdrop of the Depression, world war, and sweeping social change, Nuala’s certainty begins to falter. When a young Azorean woman seeking apprenticeship enters her life, Nuala must confront long-held beliefs and decide what balance and tradition truly mean.
Rich in history, mysticism, and emotional depth, The Healer of Corky Row explores family bonds, cultural inheritance, and the challenge of remaining true to oneself in changing times.
Product Details
- Publisher: Sea Crow Press (September 15, 2026)
- Length: 266 pages
- ISBN13: 9781961864627
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"When teenager Nuala Connelly is banished to America in an act of punishment and atonement, it sets in motion a bittersweet saga of three generations of the Irish-American experience spanning the first half of the. 20th century. In this debut novel, Gin Ryan weaves a complex tale of faith, forgiveness and healing, and how the weight of the past and the secrets it holds shapes a family’s history."
– Anne D. LeClaire
"Nuala, a mother and a healer, lives and struggles at the center of this expansive and beautifully written novel about a large and vivid Irish-American family. As old ways come up hard against rapid societal shifts in the first half of the twentieth century, The Healer of Corky Row considers what we do to protect the ones we love and the price we pay when fear of change holds us back from letting them go. A generous, original, and vibrant family story."
– Hester Kaplan, award-winning author of Twice Born, The Edge of Marriage, and more.
"Seventeen-year-old Nuala arrives in a New England mill town in 1910 with a Book of Knowledge and the determination to fulfill a geis, an ancient Irish vow to make amends for past mistakes and to deliver blessings. Told in graceful prose and interspersed with timely letters, Gin Ryan’s THE HEALER OF CORKY ROW illuminates the life story of a startling character striving to merge the ancient truth of one world with the relentless modernization of another."
– Celia Jeffries, author of BLUE DESERT
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