An Irish Country Childhood: Memories of a Bygone Age
by Marrie Walsh
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Author: Marrie WalshEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1997-03
ISBN: 0312151535
Number of pages: 178
Publisher: St Martins Pr
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Book Review: A charming and lyrical book on Irish country life, similar to Miss Read's and Flora thompson's work
Summary: 5 Stars
Marrie Walsh was born in 1929, the ninth of twelve children, in an Irish farming village. With a great memory and a great way with words--Marrie knows both English and Gaelic--she has written a charming and lyrical sometimes funny, sometimes sad account of a life now gone. She includes many details of folklore and farming life, and her shorrt work is the same high quality as Flora Thompson's "Lark Rise to Candleford" and Miss Read's fictional accounts of Thrush Green and Fairacre. Even in a small village, human life is portrayed in its complexity--the good, the mean, the generous, the bad, the honest, the scheming, etc. I highly recommend this book--it's a real treat and one I will reread.
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