As Time Goes By
Published on 30. September 2019
240 pages
978-1-78849-153-2 (ISBN)
Description
Alice Taylor brings the reader with her on her 80th birthday year.
Alice had a big birthday on the horizon, the village was about to celebrate many milestones, and she had just received the gift of a book focusing her on the art of living well. So she decided to write about her year as it unfolded, to keep a journal of the big events, and record the twists and turns normal life brings to all of us in just one year.
But 2018 turned out to be far from normal, with storms, snow blizzards, blistering sun, severe drought and water shortages. She describes the challenges of all these dramatic weather changes.
Alice began the year wondering how she would feel about reaching eighty. She was pleasantly surprised to discover that it was just another milestone on a journey that is still varied and interesting. Here she writes about these feelings, and the many pleasant and challenging events of her eightieth year.
Alice had a big birthday on the horizon, the village was about to celebrate many milestones, and she had just received the gift of a book focusing her on the art of living well. So she decided to write about her year as it unfolded, to keep a journal of the big events, and record the twists and turns normal life brings to all of us in just one year.
But 2018 turned out to be far from normal, with storms, snow blizzards, blistering sun, severe drought and water shortages. She describes the challenges of all these dramatic weather changes.
Alice began the year wondering how she would feel about reaching eighty. She was pleasantly surprised to discover that it was just another milestone on a journey that is still varied and interesting. Here she writes about these feelings, and the many pleasant and challenging events of her eightieth year.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Dublin
Ireland
Publishing group
O'Brien Press Ltd
Illustrations
75 Halftones, color
File size
10,45 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-78849-153-2 (9781788491532)
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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
- Intro
- Reviews
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Introduction
- The Captain's Log
- Goosey, Goosey, Gander
- Post-Christmas Low Time
- Marmalade Making
- Posher than Posh
- The Year of the Big Snow
- A Little Bit of Heaven
- Why Be Bothered?
- Our Bee Garden
- A Scrape of Religion
- Voyage Complete!
- Gardens and Galleries
- Too Hot to Handle
- We Will Rebuild
- The Pope
- The Ring-around
- Honourable People
- Living the Dream
- Winter Colour
- A Voice from the Past
- Many Milestones
- As Time Goes By
- About the Author
- Recent Books by Alice Taylor
- Copyright
- Other Books
