Download or read book Clare: A Novel written by Susan Lynn Peterson and published by Alcuin House Publishing. This book was released on 2011-05-04 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clare Keane is fourteen years old when her mother dies of pneumonia in the tenement room they share in turn-of-the-century Cork, Ireland. Left with two younger brothers, her closest family thousands of miles away in St. Paul, Minnesota, Clare begins a dangerous journey that takes her from Cork through the port of Queenstown to Ellis Island, New York, and finally St. Paul. Rich in historical detail, Clare allows the reader to live the sights, sounds, and smells of a 1906 journey of immigration. "Clare" was named a Reader Favorite Award finalist for 2011.