Murky Overhead

Murky Overhead Mike Connolly brings a lifetime of experiences, stories, and lessons learned on both sides of the Atlantic to this, his first novel. Murky Overhead is the story of an Irish immigrant family, the Folans, scratching out a living in the coastal city of Portland, Maine – but reflecting the larger struggles of immigrants everywhere. Step into their lives for one day. See what makes them laugh. Feel what makes them cry. About Is glas iad no cnoic i bhfad uainn.  (Faraway hills are green) Murky Overhead is a work of historical fiction that tells the story of a day in the life of a typical Irish-American working-class family, the Folans. It follows them on the streets and docks of their new American home in maritime Portland, Maine, at the turn of the 20th century. While Coleman (Coley) shovels coal for the longshore union, his wife Mary, who is nearly full-term with their 10th child, does her best to keep the family going. Challenges abound. Coley has suffered from periodic bo