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Set in 1950s rural Ireland, Rathcormick is an engaging tale of a large and happy family: a stern and domineering Papa, a warm and practical Mamma, their two daughters and six sons. For Homan, the youngest, life is a free-spirited awakening in an adult world of old-fashioned virtue and frugality. He recalls the moment that the day-old chicks arrived, holidays in Kilkee and the eight-mile trudge to school. But no boyhood lasts forever, and an abrupt turn of events signals an end to the idyll.
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Homan Potterton was born in 1946. A graduate of Trinity College, Dublin and of the University of Edinburgh, he was Director of the National Gallery of Ireland from 1980-88. He currently lives in rural France.
Gerry O'Brien writes humourous chapter books, picture books, and lyrics for 7-12 year olds. His lyrics have been sung by Corduroy Bear, Franklin the Turtle, and the Care Bears, and his stories, poems, and plays have won numerous writing awards. He lives in Argyle Shore, Prince Edward Island.
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Gerry O'Brien writes humourous chapter books, picture books, and lyrics for 7-12 year olds. His lyrics have been sung by Corduroy Bear, Franklin the Turtle, and the Care Bears, and his stories, poems, and plays have won numerous writing awards. He lives in Argyle Shore, Prince Edward Island.
“A wholly delightful family memoir of lace-curtain Protestants in 1950s rural Ireland — an Irish seam that is rarely tapped for its considerable riches.”
—William Trevor, Guardian Books of the Year
—William Trevor, Guardian Books of the Year
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- PublisherNew Island Books
- Publication date2001
- ISBN 10 1902602641
- ISBN 13 9781902602646
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages309
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