Honest and heartbreaking literary memoir of the lives of two Irish writers, from the thunderbolt of love to receding into dementia and remaining the greatest of companions throughout. All his life he was obsessed by memory: 'Is the memory of things better than the things themselves?
est Cork, from Kinsale to the Beara Peninsula and from the Atlantic to the Lee Valley, is remarkable for the many ways people make West Cork work for them. Alannah Hopkin discovers a vibrant community of diverse people with compelling stories to tell.
The Dogs of Inishere collects stories from across Alannah Hop-kin's thirty-year career as a fiction and travel writer. The stories presented here move from adolescence to middle age, sensitive always to the particular social, emotional, and intellectual challenges of the different phases of a life.
This captivating collection shares the best poems and songs about Cork city, from Edmund Spenser to Theo Dorgan, and from 'The Bold Thady Quill' to Rory Gallagher's 'My Hometown'. Famous characters and landmarks of the Beautiful City are evoked, as is, of course, the River Lee.
You can't eat scenery' is an old saying about making a living in beautiful but remote places. West Cork is such a place, remarkable for the many ways people make it work for them. Alannah Hopkin discovers a vibrant community of diverse people with compelling stories to tell. A multi-faceted portrait of West Cork.
