A Year’s Turning
A Year’s Turning by michael-viney, published by Penguin in 1998, offers an insightful look into the transformative journey of the author and his wife, Ethna, as they leave their urban lives behind for a self-reliant existence on a remote cottage farm in County Mayo, Ireland. This edition spans 232 pages and is presented in English, capturing the essence of rural life and the natural world through the lens of personal experience.
Readers will find a detailed account of the challenges and joys that accompany a year spent in the Irish countryside. The narrative explores themes of nature, customs, and traditions, providing a rich tapestry of rural life. Viney’s reflections, shaped by his extensive experience as a columnist for The Irish Times, reveal a compassionate perspective on the environment and community, making this chronicle a thoughtful exploration of a simpler way of living.
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Michael Viney and his wife Ethna lived in the city, had successful jobs in the media and had just turned forty when they made a life-changing to give up everything for a self-reliant existence on a remote cottage farm in County Mayo, on the West Coast of Ireland. This enchanting chronicle of life on the land follows the highs and lows of one year in the Irish countryside. Since then, for sixty years, Michael Viney’s weekly columns in The Irish Times have established his reputation as a uniquely compassionate and informed commentator on the natural world, and undoubtedly one of Ireland’s greatest nature writers.
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