Growing Up with Ireland
A Century of Memories from Our Oldest and Wisest Citizens
$25.95
- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
4 August 2020
Summary
‘An incredible portal to our past’ The Sunday Times
On 7 January 1922, Ireland became a free state. Born into that era of turbulence and hope were the twenty-six women and men whose stories and memories of a lifetime are captured by cherished Irish journalist Valerie Cox. From living memory come stories of the arrival of electricity, story-telling at ‘rambling houses’, raising a family in an earlier era, the scourge of TB, the big snow of 1932 and hidi…Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529337389 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1529337380 |
| Author: | Valerie Cox |
| Publisher: | Hachette Books Ireland |
| Imprint: | Hachette Books Ireland |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 4 August 2020 |
| Weight: | 280g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 28mm |
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An incredible portal to our past … These are stories of healing and love and life - and pain. Reading them is like sitting next to one of your grandparents, listening to them as they open their heart to you - The Sunday Times
Absorbing … a clear-sighted account of how electricity, mass emigration and healthcare revolutions changed this country - for better and for worse - Sunday Business PostA comprehensive and evocative insight into a century of Irish life … a valuable record - Irish ExaminerAbout The Author
Valerie Cox
In a long career as a reporter working in newspapers, radio and television, Valerie Cox has interviewed people from every county in Ireland. Over eleven years working on the Today programme on RTE Radio she travelled around the country covering stories as diverse as the closure of schools, Garda stations and post offices. She was out with the rescue services in floods and snow and covered the events that make rural Ireland special, including the ploughing.
She is the author of four previous books, Searching, which tells the story of Ireland’s missing people, The Family Courts, A Ploughing People, and Growing Up With Ireland. Valerie lives in rural County Wicklow with her husband Brian and the couple have five children and four grandchildren.Returns
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