This House Will Feed

Maggie O’Shaughnessy is the sole survivor of her family during the Great Hunger of Ireland. In the workhouse, trying to survive, she meets Lady Catherine, who has come to whisk her away to pretend to be her dearly departed daughter, Wilhelmina. Lady Catherine needs Maggie to impersonate her so that their land will not be taken away, meaning Lady Catherine will no longer be able to care for the tenants. It doesn’t take long before Maggie comes to realize that something is not right in the house. When she begins to see the Woman in White, Maggie knows that This House Will Feed and she will do whatever it takes to make sure it’s not on her.

There were so many frightening things about this book. If you love Gothic horror, I highly recommend it. It is also educational, as I learned so much about the Great Hunger. I can’t even imagine what it was like to go through that, but the author does a wonderful job of bringing the horror of that time to life without downplaying the atrocities. This is definitely a book to add to your collection.