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To School Through the Fields: An Irish Country Childhood
Alice Taylor
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Description for To School Through the Fields: An Irish Country Childhood
paperback. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
'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.
If ever a voice has captured the colours, 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 colourful characters and joyous moments she offers have made To School Through the ... Read more an Irish phenomenon, and have made Alice herself the most beloved author in all of Ireland. A must-have for fans of Alice Taylor.
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Brandon
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Dublin, Ireland
ISBN
9780863220999
SKU
KCG0004110
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
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: An Irish Country Childhood
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
Publisher’s 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 rural ... Read more
Publisher’s 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 rural ... Read more