About the Book 

In the shadow of famine and empire, Erin Kelly grows up in a life of servitude where her place in society is defined for her. Pushed from an Irish orphanage into the textile mills of London, then into the sex trade of Spitalfields and finally the Prohibition underworld of New York, she discovers danger, desire and possibility far beyond the walls that once contained her.

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Across continents and decades, Erin perseveres, moving from serving men in brothels to earning a seat at their tables. She meets Padraig “Paddy” McCann, whose ambition burns as sharply as her own, and Kieran Rooney, whose steadiness reveals a gentler future she never imagined. Yet Erin’s story is not defined by either man. It is the story of a woman who refuses to surrender her future, who fights to reclaim dignity and who builds a life that is finally hers.

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Set between 1880 and 1925, Our Fallen Woman is an intimate, cinematic journey of resilience and reinvention. It is a tribute to the women history forgot and to the Irish who crossed oceans, borders and cultures in search of a better life.