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A Cocoon With A View

Alice Taylor author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:O'Brien Press Ltd

Published:15th Jun '20

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Back in the last weeks of February, which now feels like a hundred years ago, we here in Innishannon were busy planning what was  termed ‘The Big Rake Off’ of the dead grass on the long sloping bank beside the road coming into the village. Happily unaware of forthcoming events, we were totally focused on creating our wild flower bank: to get something like this going you need a ‘metheal’, a word which prior to the corona virus was unknown to anyone under 40.   

Then everything changed ... Exploring the themes of community, family and personal wellbeing, Alice Taylor examines a world changed utterly by the arrival of a once-in-a-century infectious disease.

Heart-warming, reflective yet always practical, Alice is a wonderful guide in a world unlike the one we lived in only a few short months ago.

the remarkable new book from a true national treasure

* Joe Finnegan Show - Shannonside-Northern Sound *

fuelled by good humour and home-spun wisdom

* Evening Echo *

remarkable

* RTE.ie *

musings from inside the cocoon are full of charm, wit and wisdom ... As you would expect from her, it is heartwarming, inspiring and comforting …. This timely book is full of charm, wit and wisdom. A Cocoon with A View hits the spot and is sure to delight

* Irish Independe

ISBN: 9781788492225

Dimensions: 196mm x 130mm x 10mm

Weight: 135g

128 pages