After losing their whole family in Ireland, Danny and Kathleen have high expectations for life in America. But what they find are the same prejudices, turmoil, and more poverty. They find work as house help but Danny has to dress as a girl. He longs to sing and dance and be himself and is able to find times to get away, run errands, and even earn a little money doing it. But with the war raging and the draft looming can they keep their employment or is there something better on the horizon?
This was a solid historical fiction. It was interesting to me that this is the second book I have read in the last week that deals with the draft riots and even the burning of the children's home during the riots.
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