The McGinn Family Saga

The Complete Book Bundle

By: J.E. McCarthy

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

The McGinn Family Saga Bundle by J.E. McCarthy, which includes the novels The Red Road, The Mothers McGinn, Counting Crossroads, and The Warrior’s Wounds. This sweeping historical family saga follows the McGinn family of rural Maine from the Great Depression through World War II, exploring themes of resilience, hardship, love, and the enduring bonds of family.

Book One: The Red Road

The story opens in 1933, the last year of prohibition, with the McGinns scraping by through hard work, faith, and the support of their extended family. The family’s fortunes are upended when Jim, one of the McGinn sons, is murdered on a dark country road. The investigation into Jim’s death is hampered by local politics and prejudice, and the family is left with grief and a thirst for justice. The murder becomes a catalyst for simmering tensions between the McGinns and the wealthy Moreland family, who hold a monopoly on the liquor trade and wield significant power in the community.

Book Two: The Mothers McGinn

As the years pass, Mary McGinn must hold her family together through poverty, loss, and the challenges of raising twelve children alone. The older sons take on work at the local mill and farm, while the daughters help at home. Mary’s resilience is tested as she navigates the demands of motherhood, grief and returning to work after spending years on the farm.

The McGinn children begin to come of age, experiencing first loves, marriages, and heartbreaks. The saga explores the complexities of marriage, the impact of alcoholism, and the generational cycles of trauma and healing. The family’s Irish Catholic heritage and rural traditions provide both comfort and conflict as they adapt to changing times.

Book Three: Counting Crossroads

As the Great Depression gives way to the uncertainty of the 1940s, the McGinn children are coming of age. The family, still led by the resilient matriarch Mary, faces new challenges as her sons and daughters begin to forge their own paths—some toward marriage and family, others toward war and sacrifice.

By the end of Book Three, the McGinn family has been forever changed by the choices they’ve made and the trials they’ve endured. The story honors the courage of ordinary people facing extraordinary times, and the ways in which family, love, and hope can light the way through darkness.

Book Four: The Warrior’s Wounds

The final volume brings the saga through the end of World War II. The McGinns, like so many families, are forever changed by the war. Some sons return home wounded in body or spirit, while others do not return at all. The family must reckon with grief, survivor’s guilt, and the challenges of rebuilding lives in a changed world.

The saga closes with the next generation coming of age, the family’s legacy of love and endurance carrying forward. The story honors the everyday heroism of ordinary people—mothers, fathers, sons, and daughters—who persevere through hardship and loss, finding moments of joy, laughter, and hope.

The McGinn Family Saga Bundle is a heartfelt, multi-generational portrait of a Maine family’s journey through adversity, tragedy, and triumph. It is a story of ordinary people facing extraordinary times, and the ways in which family, faith, and community can sustain us through the darkest days.