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To School Through the Fields
Alice Taylor
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Description for To School Through the Fields
Hardback. If ever a voice has captured the colors, the rhythms, the rich, bittersweet emotions of a time gone by, it is Alice Taylor's. This classic account of growing up in the Irish countryside became the biggest selling book ever published in Ireland. Num Pages: 240 pages, 65 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 145 x 29. Weight in Grams: 398.
'A delightful evocation of Irishness and of the author's deep-rooted love of the very fields of home' Publishers Weekly
Alice Taylor’s classic account of growing up in the Irish countryside, the biggest selling book ever published in Ireland, beautifully reproduced with photographs from Alice's life.
If ever a voice has captured the colors, the rhythms, the rich, bittersweet emotions of a time gone by, it is Alice Taylor's. Her tales of childhood in rural Ireland hark back to a timeless past, to a world now lost, but ever and fondly remembered. The colorful characters and joyous moments she ... Read more
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Publisher
O´Brien Press Ltd
Number of pages
240
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Dublin, Ireland
ISBN
9781847175878
SKU
V9781847175878
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Ref
99-99
About Alice Taylor
Alice Taylor lives in the village of Innishannon in County Cork, in a house attached to the local supermarket and post office. Her first book, To School Through the Fields, was published in 1988. It was an immediate success and quickly became the biggest selling book ever published in Ireland. Alice has written nearly twenty books since then, ... Read more
Reviews for To School Through the Fields
A delightful evocation of Irishness and of the author’s deep-rooted love of “the very fields of home” … with its rituals and local characters
Publishers Weekly
One of the most richly evocative and moving portraits of childhood ever written.
Boston Globe
Ireland’s Laurie Lee … a chronicler of fading village life and ... Read more
Publishers Weekly
One of the most richly evocative and moving portraits of childhood ever written.
Boston Globe
Ireland’s Laurie Lee … a chronicler of fading village life and ... Read more