"A family saga about two Irish American families in a New York suburb, the love between two of their children, and the tragedies that threaten to tear them apart and destroy their futures"--.
A fictionalized account of the life of Typhoid Mary, an Irish immigrant who moved to New York at the turn of the century and became a successful cook, until the Department of Health noticed the trail of disease she left behind.
Presents a novelization of the life of Mary Mallon, the first known healthy carrier of typhoid in North America, who spent much of her life in quarantine after infecting the families she cooked for in New York City in the early 1900s.
