Christine Breen
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 290 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Iris Bowen is a young Irish gardener and mother of a beloved adopted daughter, Rose. A recent widow, Iris has spent the last two years concentrating on the day-to-day business of launching Rose into the world. But when she receives some worrisome results on a breast scan, the words of her husband as he was dying of cancer become hauntingly urgent. He had begged Iris to search for Rose's birth mother so that Rose would still have family if anything...
Author
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
Christine and Niall have settled into their new lives in Ireland and are ready to start a family. But they are bitterly disappointed when they learn they cannot have children. What follows is a year of waiting to adopt a baby, a year in which they continue their pastoral lives - farming, tending livestock and sharing a commumity spirit with neighbours.
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
281 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
An award-winning author documents a year living in the garden of his wife's ancestral home in Kiltumper in rural Ireland, following the natural rhythms of the earth as they observe its wonders.
