In America: A Portrait of the Film
- ISBN-10
- 1557046182
- ISBN-13
- 9781557046185
- Series
- In America
- Category
- Performing Arts / Film / General
- Pages
- 144
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003
- Publisher
- Newmarket Press
- Authors
- Jim Sheridan, Naomi Sheridan
Description
Told by 11-year-old Christy, a child wise beyond her years. An Irish couple bring their two young daughters to America in search of a better life. Christy and her sister, Ariel, find New York's Hell's Kitchen a place of magic where anything is possible. To their parents, it represents a place to begin anew. Carried by the girls' youthful hope and faith, the family finds the heart to live and love again.
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