The final book in the children of the famine trilogy, set during the Irish famine. Michael is a stable-boy at the big house, learning about horses, while eily struggles to survive in her cottage on a scrap of land and pe...The final book in the children of the famine trilogy, set during the Irish famine. Michael is a stable-boy at the big house, learning about horses, while eily struggles to survive in her cottage on a scrap of land and peggy still works in America.