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Gander at the Gate
Martina Cole
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Description for Gander at the Gate
paperback. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Gander at The Gate is the story of a rural Irish childhood in Knocknagoshel, Kerry, in the thirties. Through the eyes of a son of the local schoolmaster, this beautifully written memoir evokes the world of a farmhouse, the family who lived there and the community, peopled with lively characters like Tip Toe the Tinker and Coneen the Boy Bawn, which surrounded them. In vivid, highly lyrical prose, reminiscent of a young Laurie Lee, O'Connor describes the wonder and imaginings, apprehensions and fears of a growing boy - and the darker shadows cast by his father's and Ireland's past. It ... Read more
Gander at The Gate is the story of a rural Irish childhood in Knocknagoshel, Kerry, in the thirties. Through the eyes of a son of the local schoolmaster, this beautifully written memoir evokes the world of a farmhouse, the family who lived there and the community, peopled with lively characters like Tip Toe the Tinker and Coneen the Boy Bawn, which surrounded them. In vivid, highly lyrical prose, reminiscent of a young Laurie Lee, O'Connor describes the wonder and imaginings, apprehensions and fears of a growing boy - and the darker shadows cast by his father's and Ireland's past. It ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1900
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780747266426
SKU
KKD0003876
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-4
About Martina Cole
Rory O'Connor was born near the village of Knocknagoshel, close to where the three counties of Kerry, Cork and Limerick meet. He has worked as a journalist at the Irish Press, and was head of Television News Broadcasting at RTE for fifteen years.
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