<P> Their father goes to find work fixing the roads, and the children and their heart broken mother struggle each day, getting barely enough food to survive . Their poor mother ends up selling all of her belongings except for the clothes on her skin . Finally, impatient and worried, she leaves to search for her husband . After several weeks of waiting for their parents, the three siblings come to terms with the fact that their parent have died . This is when they make their long journey to the other side of Ireland, in search of the long - lost aunts (the only other family members they know of) who they only knew because of their mother's stories . With no exact location or map to follow, no adult and no food, these three siblings try to find their way "home". </P> <P> The book, originally written in English, has been translated into Irish, French, Dutch, German, Spanish, Danish, Swedish, Italian, Japanese, Persian, Malay and Arabic . </P> <P> Under the Hawthorn Tree has been filmed for Channel 4, and screened as a four - part series in March 1999 . </P> <Ul> <Li> Wildflower Girl, the second part of the trilogy, in which Peggy goes to America </Li> <Li> Fields of Home, the third part of the trilogy, which follows Michael back home in Ireland . </Li> </Ul>

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