In Kiltumper: A Year in an Irish Garden
- ISBN-10
- 1635577195
- ISBN-13
- 9781635577198
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 304
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2021-08-31
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing USA
- Authors
- Niall Williams, Christine Breen
Description
From the authors of This Is Happiness and Her Name Is Rose, a memoir of life in rural Ireland and a meditation on the power, beauty, and importance of the natural world. 35 years ago, when they were in their twenties, Niall Williams and Christine Breen made the impulsive decision to leave their lives in New York City and move to Christine's ancestral home in the town of Kiltumper in rural Ireland. In the decades that followed, the pair dedicated themselves to writing, gardening, and living a life that followed the rhythms of the earth. In 2019, with Christine in the final stages of recovery from cancer and the land itself threatened by the arrival of turbines just one farm over, Niall and Christine decided to document a year of living in their garden and in their small corner of a rapidly changing world. Proceeding month-by-month through the year, and with beautiful seasonal illustrations, this is the story of a garden in all its many splendors and a couple who have made their life observing its wonders.
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