Kathleen: The Celtic Knot

This novel takes place in Ireland in 1937, so it's not centered on the Irish potato famine or anything like that. Rather, it's the story of the average life of an average poor family living in Ireland at that time, and how Kathleen is given a chance to learn how to do Irish dancing.

The story is done well, especially in showing the varied activities of the family members and how they have to struggle to make ends meet but still have a really good family relationship.

There is some passing reference to the Ireland/England problem, but most of that is confined to the short historical section at the end of the novel. I still think adding these historical tidbits to the novels is a very intelligent thing to do and the sections are always interesting.

Definitely another good book in the series.

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