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By: Alice Taylor
Publisher: O'Brien Press Ltd
Published: May 2022
Pages: 240
Categories: Biography
Language: English
Available as: Paperback
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ISBN-13: 9781788493376

Some people are home alone by choice, while others, like Alice, journeyed into it through a change of circumstances. Alice discovers the challenges and pleasures of living alone. Some people are home alone by choice, while others, like Alice, journeyed into it through a change of circumstances. But no matter how it comes about, living alone has its minuses and its pluses. We strive to get the balance right, finding ways to enjoy the peace and solitude and keep ourselves occupied. From improving her painting to perfecting her garden, exploring family histories and reclaiming her mother's art of tea-making, Alice discovers the challenges and pleasures of living alone. Learning from the Elders page 9 As Time Goes By 11 Solitude 21 Let's Have a Cup of Tea 23 The Gift of a Book 29 My Beloved Comforter 39 Catch Your Hare 47 A Gaggle of Geese 55 History in Our Heads 63 Written in Stone 73 Gardening 83 A Little Bit of Heaven 85 Fake or Real? 91 The Scent of a Rose 101 Gatherings 109 And God Made Sunday 111 Separate Tables 121 Sign of the Times 129 Going the Distance 137 Challenges in Isolation 145 Grounded! 147 Storm in a Teacup 151 Not Now! 157 Changing Seasons 165 Goodbye, Goodbye to Summer 167 Flower Power 173 And Here Comes Christmas 181 The Highway to Santa 191 Releasing Happy Hormones 199 Baby, It's Cold Outside 205 Hope Springs Eternal 215 Roots 223 Afterword 233 a lovely book ... a lovely read * WLR FM's Saturday Cafe * one of the darlings of the nation when it comes to writing brilliant books' 'a truly lovely book ... get it, read it, enjoy it * LMFM's Late Lunch * Alice Taylor's book, it's like sitting and having a big warm blanket wrapped around you ... another terrific book ... fabulous * Cork Today with Patricia Messenger * a great read * Shannonside & Northern Sound's Joe Finnegan Show * national treasure * The Bandon Opinion * Alice Taylor lives in the village of Innishannon in County Cork, in a house attached to the local supermarket and post office. Since her eldest son has taken over responsibility for the shop, she has been able to devote more time to her writing. Alice Taylor worked as a telephonist in Killarney and Bandon. When she married, she moved to Innishannon where she ran a guesthouse at first, then the supermarket and post office. She and her husband, Gabriel Murphy, who sadly passed away in 2005, had four sons and one daughter. In 1984 she edited and published the first issue of Candlelight, a local magazine which has since appeared annually. In 1986 she published an illustrated collection of her own verse. To School Through the Fields was published in May 1988. It was an immediate success, and quickly became the biggest selling book ever published in Ireland. It launched Alice on a series of signing sessions, talks and readings the length and breadth of Ire

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