Country Days - Softcover

Taylor, Alice

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0312141025 ISBN 13: 9780312141028

Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin, 1996

Synopsis

Alice Taylor's books have made her almost as beloved among Irish-Americans as St. Patrick himself. With nearly a million copies of her books in print internationally, she continues to be the most popular writer in Ireland today.

Country Days, her newest volume of glorious reminiscences of life in Eire, is now finally available in paperback. Like its predecessors -- including the classic To School Through the Fields -- it is filled with character and characters, delicious sensory memories, and stories remembered with whimsy and warmth. It may well be Taylor's best book yet.

"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." - Publishers Weekly

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. Martin's Griffin
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0312141025
• ISBN 13: 9780312141028
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160