The Hurley Maker's Son EPUB
by Patrick Deeley
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Patrick Deeley's train journey home to rural East Galway in autumn 1978 was a pilgrimage of grief: his giant of a father had been felled, the hurley-making workshop silenced.
From this moment, Patrick unfolds his childhood as a series of evocative moments, from the intricate workings of the timber workshop run by his father to the slow taking apart of an old tractor and the physical burial of a steam engine; from his mother s steady work on an old Singer sewing machine to his father s vertiginous quickstep on the roof of their house. There are many wonderful descriptions of the natural world and delightful cameos of characters and incidents from a not-so-long-ago country childhood.
In a style reminiscent of John McGahern s Memoir, Deeley s beautifully paced prose captures the rhythms, struggles and rough edges of a rural life that was already dying even as he grew. This is an enchanting, beautifully written account of family, love, loss, and the unstoppable march of time.
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- Pages:256 pages
- Publisher:Transworld
- Publication Date:07/04/2016
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- ISBN:9781473540361
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Download - Immediately Available
- Format:EPUB
- Pages:256 pages
- Publisher:Transworld
- Publication Date:07/04/2016
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- ISBN:9781473540361