KnD was born in Derry, on the border between the Five Counties and Eire; one parent was Catholic, the other Protestant. This is a remarkable debut that combines memoir, nature writing and the politics of Northern Ireland – both powerful and original.
Thin Places
(author)
£14.99
Edition:Hardback978178689963728/01/2021
Categories: 10. Books for the New Year 2021: Nature & Travel, 17. Spring Books 2021: Some of our Recent Favourites, Biography, Letters & Diaries, Books for the New Year 2021, Natural History, Spring Books 2021
Tags: c 1968 to c 1999 (period of The Troubles in Northern Ireland), Memoirs, Nature and the natural world: general interest, Northern Ireland, Social and cultural history
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