Think Downton Abbey , but set in the heart of Boston . . . Irish domestic worker Norah King’s decision to ask her wealthy employer, Caroline Parker, for an elegant red coat the Beacon Hill matriarch has marked for donation…
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“The Red Coat is a suspenseful story of family, romance and class conflict between the Irish immigrant community of South Boston and the long-established Brahmins of Boston’s Beacon Hill. It’s a page-turner, but it’s also a lovingly crafted evocation of mid-twentieth century Boston worthy of the history books.”
- Rosemary Mahoney, award-winning author of Down the Nile and For the Benefit of Those Who See
