Come Sit Awhile
Published on 9. October 2023
Book
Hardback
192 pages
978-1-78849-453-3 (ISBN)
Description
Alice celebrates the special moments and the everyday blessings of life.
Come sit awhile with Alice Taylor. Take a little time out - to rest, to think, or just to be.
Life can race along at a fast pace, sometimes almost stampeding us along with it. What a pity not to slow down and take the time to enjoy little things, or simply doing nothing or chatting with a good friend. Sometimes Alice finds a comfortable place to sit, maybe a low wall, a garden seat or a grassy bank. A place to let the mind calm
down and let thoughts drift. With this book she invites you to share the special moments of life.
Come sit awhile with Alice Taylor. Take a little time out - to rest, to think, or just to be.
Life can race along at a fast pace, sometimes almost stampeding us along with it. What a pity not to slow down and take the time to enjoy little things, or simply doing nothing or chatting with a good friend. Sometimes Alice finds a comfortable place to sit, maybe a low wall, a garden seat or a grassy bank. A place to let the mind calm
down and let thoughts drift. With this book she invites you to share the special moments of life.
Reviews / Votes
she is a national treasure -- Irish Farmers Journal loving it ... that kind of book you can dip in and out of -- Radio Kerry's Talkabout with Deirdre Walsh encouraging people to take time out for themselves, communicate with each other -- Shannonside + Northern Sound's Joe Finnegan Show A contemplative collection of prose and poetry from the much-loved Innishannon writer, celebrating the benefits of taking time out to reflect and restore our creative spirit -- Irish Examiner a world-renowned Irish writer and novelist -- KCLR's The Saturday Show with Edward Hayden One of our best-loved writers ... I love this book ... absolutely gorgeous -- LMFM's Gerry KellyMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Dublin
Ireland
Publishing group
O'Brien Press Ltd
Illustrations
57 Halftones, color
Dimensions
Height: 200 mm
Width: 134 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
368 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78849-453-3 (9781788494533)
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Person
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, largely exploring her beloved village and the ways of life in rural Ireland. She has also written poetry and fiction: her first novel, The Woman of the House, was an immediate bestseller. Most recently, she wrote a children's picture book with her daughter Lena Angland, called Ellie and the Fairy Door.
Alice has written nearly twenty books since then, largely exploring her beloved village and the ways of life in rural Ireland. She has also written poetry and fiction: her first novel, The Woman of the House, was an immediate bestseller. Most recently, she wrote a children's picture book with her daughter Lena Angland, called Ellie and the Fairy Door.
Content
Let's Light a Candle
Morning Has Broken
Peace Prayer of St Francis
Slow Me Down
Waiting for Our Souls to Catch Up
A Ploughed Field
Trees
Too Late
Hold Fast to Dreams
I See His Blood upon the Rose
Going to the Well
Fresh Flowers
Kindness
Needs
A Wet Day Woman
Sport
Wilding
Close to the Earth
Tread Softly
Men with Scythes
Stored Summer
Earth Woman
Back to Simplicity
Uplift
After the Funeral
Morning Walk
A Soft Day
Jim
The Meaning of Life
Morning Has Broken
Peace Prayer of St Francis
Slow Me Down
Waiting for Our Souls to Catch Up
A Ploughed Field
Trees
Too Late
Hold Fast to Dreams
I See His Blood upon the Rose
Going to the Well
Fresh Flowers
Kindness
Needs
A Wet Day Woman
Sport
Wilding
Close to the Earth
Tread Softly
Men with Scythes
Stored Summer
Earth Woman
Back to Simplicity
Uplift
After the Funeral
Morning Walk
A Soft Day
Jim
The Meaning of Life