“The city had not yet woken on the frigid Sunday morning of February 20, 2011, when the body of a young Irish woman was found outside St. Brigid's Church in Manhattan's East Village. The news reports cited alcoholism, homelessness, and hypothermia as contributing factors in her death. They said that earlier that month, on St. Brigid's feast day she had turned thirty-five years old. They said she wanted to be an artist. They said her name was Grace Farrell.” TraumaExileAlcoholismHomelessnessIntergenerational TraumaIrish ImmigrantSt Brigid Book:In Ordinary Time: Fragments of a Family History Source: In Ordinary Time: Fragments of a Family History