The hurley maker's son : a memoir
Deeley, Patrick, 1953-2017
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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.
Main title:
The hurley maker's son : a memoir / by Patrick Deeley.
Author:
Deeley, Patrick, 1953-, authorO'Brien, Gerry, 1954 July 5-, narrator
Edition:
Unabridged edition.
Imprint:
Oxford : Soundings Audio Books, 2017.
Collation:
7 CDs : digital, stereo
Performers:
Read by Gerry O'Brien.
ISBN:
9781407968599 (CDs)
Dewey class:
821.92TB
LC class:
PR6054.E336
Local class:
920.DEETBACD
Language:
English
BRN:
1973640
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