“Galway Bay” By Mary Pat Kelly Grand Central Publishing, 551 pages, $26.99 Every immigrant to America has a story, and over time those stories, and the people whose lives the stories document ...

And now, her great-great-granddaughter Mary Pat Kelly shares her ancestor’s story in the historical novel, Galway Bay. Kelly’s writing and filmmaking careers have drawn heavily on her Irish roots.

Galway Bay Mary Pat Kelly, . . Grand Central, $26.99 (567pp) ... After losing the harvest for the third time in four years, the Kellys flee to America and settle in Chicago.