Description Irish cottages, the pleasures of walking in autumnal woods, a hens' hatching house and a country garden, these are just some of the elements in this varied patchwork quilt of views of rural life.
Written with her own unique insight and wit, the text is complimented by a series of beautiful colour photographs (by Richard T Mills) of the Irish countryside.
"Alice Taylor has once again perfectly caught the flavour of a bygone age, perfectly complemented by Richard T. Mills' beautiful nature photography. A perfect gift for somebody — even for yourself." Irish News
Author Alice Taylor is the biggest-selling author ever published in Ireland. Her first memoir of country life, To School Through the Fields, was published in 1988 and has become acknowledged internationally as a classic account of childhood; its sequels, Quench the Lamp, The Village, Country Days and The Night Before Christmas have also been bestsellers.
In 1997 her first novel, The Woman of the House, also established her as a bestselling novelist, and was followed in 1999 by a sequel, Across the River.
The biggest-bestseller ever published in Ireland, a universal classic of recollective writing which has been published in translation in many countries from Japan to Poland.
