Country Days - Hardcover

Taylor, Alice

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312117639 ISBN 13: 9780312117634

Publisher: St Martins Pr, 1995

Synopsis

Alice Taylor's name has become almost as beloved among Irish-Americans as St. Patrick's Day itself. In hardcover and paperback, nearly seventy-five thousand copies of her books are in print in the United States alone: with nearly a million in print internationally, she continues to be the most popular writer in Ireland.

About this title

About the Author:

Alice Taylor lives in the village of Innishannon, County Cork, Ireland, where her family tends the local market and post office. Her books include To School Through the Fields, Quench the Lamp, and The Village.

From Publishers Weekly:

Sweet-natured and filled with amusement at life's twists and turns, Taylor (To School Through the Fields) should please fans and win herself new admirers with this collection of autobiographical anecdotes interspersed with homely poems celebrating everyday life. Starting with "Anna's Corset," the author recalls a month of roaming the Irish countryside with a visiting American youth, both youngsters on the last rung of childhood, reluctant to take the first step into the unknown world of adolescence. "A Friend" gracefully creates a bridge from the past to the present, in which the rest of the collection is set. "The Wedding Garment" is a wry account of the trials, tribulations and ultimate rewards of two clothes-shopping expeditions, the first involving a headstrong teenager and the second an equally opinionated older gentleman. "Aunty Mary's Handbag" tenderly recalls the cantankerous relative who "constantly assured me that my children were badly reared and my husband badly trained." These charming, chatty anecdotes are as affecting as a long talk with an astute friend.
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About this edition

• Publisher: St Martins Pr
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0312117639
• ISBN 13: 9780312117634
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 156