Newly married, bright-eyed, and not yet acquainted with the world and her new role in it, Floy Evangeline O'Leary set sail for America on her wedding day in 1901. Carrying all of her hopes and dreams for what the future might hold, Floy embraced this new journey with a wildly girlish anticipation.
In Floy: An Irish Family Tale, author and Floy's granddaughter, Pat McCarty, offers background and colorful insight into the life of her beloved grandmother. From innocent child to an experienced widow, readers will walk alongside Floy as she navigates her relationship with her husband John and creates a good life for her growing family in the early 1900s.
Even after enduring the loss of friends, babies, and eventually her husband, Floy is lifted up by her constant curiosity of where her life's journey will take her next. This is a powerful story of a woman who faced each new day with a "never quit" mentality-and the heart of a true pioneer.
About the Author:
After having a successful career managing large organizations and traveling and living all over the world, Pat McCarty retired first to Oregon, then to New Mexico, and finally to Austin, Texas, where she currently resides with her family.
As a young child, Pat lived with her grandparents and as a young woman, Pat visited her grandmother's home and would often listen to stories of her adventurous life and experiences. Floy: An Irish Family Tale was written from hours spent discussing their family history-their early marriage, relocation in the West, the tumult existing in a large family, and what her journey toward womanhood was like in the early 1900s. McCarty was fortunate to have shared a close relationship with Floy until her passing in the 1980s.
In her free time, Pat enjoys reading, genealogy research, volunteering, and her wonderful family. Pat's fervent hope is that she will be remembered as a woman with spirit, just as Floy is remembered.
