Alice and the Machine Gunner is a blend of fact and conscientious speculation; a multi-generational account of the Geherty family based on verifiable truths acquired during years of painstaking research. Apparitions of the past are restored to life through information gleaned from civil, parish, military and personal records as well as the testimonies of the late Alice Geherty and her husband, Jack. The resulting narrative depicts the lives of five generations of the Geherty clan focusing on that of the London-born war bride who, in 1919, emigrated to Canada with scant hope of ever seeing her mum and dad again. This is the true story of two ordinary people who lived extraordinary lives. It is not a narrative that readers will forget.