Our Fallen Woman

Our Fallen Woman At five years old, Erin Kelly is left in the care of the church after her father flees debtors' prison and her mother can no longer keep starvation at bay. From this beginning of poverty and abandonment, Erin learns early how fragile a life can be, and how fiercely it must be fought for. From famine-scarred Ireland to the shadowed tenements of London, and the glittering promise of 1920s New York, Our Fallen Woman follows a cast of survivors driven by hunger for more than survival alone. Abandoned in Galway, raised in a Dublin orphanage, and forged by the streets of London, Erin grows into a woman navigating a society built to silence her. When she meets Paddy McCann, a charming hustler with ambitions as restless as her own, their lives collide in a complex bond of love, reliance and shared longing for escape. Spanning continents and decades, Our Fallen Woman is a sweeping historical drama of resilience and desire; a story not only of one woman's fight for agency, but of the men and women shaped by an era when survival demanded sacrifice, and reinvention came at a price. Discover the Real History Behind the Story Our Fallen Woman is accompanied by a short-form docuseries that explores the true social histories that inspired the novel. Filmed across Ireland, London, and New York, the series blends real locations, archival insight, and subtle AI reconstruction to reveal the lived realities of migration, poverty, crime, and resilience-especially the lives of women history often overlooked. About the author Steven Habbi is a Canadian author and creative producer living in London, UK. Originally from Prince Edward Island, his Irish-Canadian roots and Maritime heritage continue to shape his distinctive style of storytelling. He honed his craft within the Omnicom and Publicis networks before leading global brand and creative direction at HSBC and the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG). Our Fallen Woman is his debut novel.