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Alice Taylor (1) (1938–)

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Alice Taylor is the author of six bestselling memoirs and three bestselling novels. She lives in Innishannon, Co. Cork.

Værker af Alice Taylor

To School Through the Fields (1988) 188 eksemplarer
Quench the Lamp (1822) 67 eksemplarer
Country Days (1993) 61 eksemplarer
The Village (1992) 56 eksemplarer
An Irish Country Christmas (1995) 48 eksemplarer
The Woman of the House (1997) 42 eksemplarer
Across the River (2000) 24 eksemplarer
The Child's Book of Irish Rhymes (1996) 24 eksemplarer
The Night Before Christmas (1995) 23 eksemplarer
A Child's Treasury of Irish Rhymes (1998) 19 eksemplarer
The Parish (2008) 15 eksemplarer
A Country Miscellany (1998) 11 eksemplarer
Do You Remember? (2014) 9 eksemplarer
Tea and Talk (2016) 8 eksemplarer
The women (2015) 8 eksemplarer
House of Memories (2006) 6 eksemplarer
Going to the Well (1998) 5 eksemplarer
The Gift of a Garden (2013) 5 eksemplarer
Home for Christmas (2017) 4 eksemplarer

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Fødselsdato
1938
Køn
female
Nationalitet
Ireland

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3.5 This is a charming read that takes you to life in the Irish countryside of the early-mid 1900s.
 
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tkcs | 4 andre anmeldelser | Feb 23, 2019 |
This short collection of stories is a feel good reminiscing of growing up in the Irish countryside. Alice Taylor recalls her childhood, her marriage, her neighbors, her children, and her faith in often times hilarious and insightful clarity and the reader is stuck wishing that they too lived in a quaint little village in Ireland. At least that's how I felt. When I finished listening to the audiobook, I wanted to pack up my suitcase and head over. Such a serene sounding life, beautiful and filled with wonder. Listening to the audiobook was also nice because the narrator had such a wonderful voice (anyone with an Irish accent has a nice voice, but that's beside the point).

This is a must read or listen for anyone obsessed with the Irish countryside or small village life. It's a quick read (only a 4 hour audiobook, so I can only imagine how short the actual book is), easy to put down, because each chapter is a short essay or remembrance.
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ecataldi | 1 anden anmeldelse | Dec 4, 2014 |
You can turn to any page and read aloud a rhyme that is fresh and something to ponder.
 
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emtimmins | Mar 30, 2014 |
I tend to romanticize certain things citydwellers are ignorant about, like milking cows and village life. But Alice Taylor describes how tough farm work can be and how petty village life can be while still giving it all a wistful and comforting sense. This author was recommended to me by someone in a position to confirm that she really does write with accuracy about her subjects. This novel centers around a family that undergoes some tragedies, with highlighting of the importance of the role of the woman of the house. In the end, it wasn't the woman I was expecting. Everything wraps up tidily but I imagine in a small community, being forced to actually be a community, this isn't unusual.… (mere)
 
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EhEh | 2 andre anmeldelser | Apr 3, 2013 |

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Værker
22
Medlemmer
632
Popularitet
#39,873
Vurdering
½ 3.5
Anmeldelser
13
ISBN
162
Sprog
4
Udvalgt
1

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