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— About the book

The Healer of Corky Row

By Virginia Ryan

1908. Irish healer Nuala Conneely arrives in a struggling Massachusetts mill town with a sacred vow: to preserve the ancient healing traditions that cost her father his life.

In Corky Row, her potions and prayers bind a community together. But every cure has a cost, and as her nine children come of age in a changing America, the old ways begin to fray.

Through war, hardship, and shifting beliefs, Nuala must face a difficult truth: what must be preserved, and what must be let go.

— About the Author

Virginia Ryan

Born the second of seven children in Fall River, Massachusetts — the dying mill town that inspired her to write — Virginia Ryan spent her summers crossing the country in a powder blue Chevy station wagon, listening to her father spin stories at every stop.

She studied journalism at George Washington University, served in the Peace Corps in Thailand, and earned her MFA from Lesley University. Her short stories and essays have appeared in Fly Fish Journal, Adelaide, Embark, Broad River Review, Heartwood Literary Journal, and other publications.

She lives on Cape Cod with her husband, their dog, ten chickens, and one rambunctious rooster.

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