Halcyon Day
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Halcyon Day is a collection of seven short stories inspired by life on Ireland’s wild Atlantic coast and the author’s American roots.
Drawing on real experiences gathered in West Clare (colored by her unique perspective of American life), the author brings to life a world shaped by music, song, community and humor. An American who settled in Ireland in the late 1970s, she became immersed in local culture, married a sean-nós singer, and continues to live in the same cottage by the shore.
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Halcyon Day is a vivid and deeply authentic collection of stories. Rooted largely in the towns and landscapes of west Clare in the late 1970s and 1980s, these stories bring to life musicians, publicans, farmers, teachers, wanderers and outsiders whose world collide in unexpected and often quietly comic ways.
Written with a natural storyteller's gift, these stories capture the rhythms, language, and atmosphere of Clare with warmth, precision, and an unsentimental eye. Beneath the sharp observation runs a wry sense of humour that delights in human folly and the absurd turns of ordinary life.
Many of the stories draw on the author's own experiences after leaving America to settle in Miltown Malbay and marry into the rich musical culture of Clare. Her self-deprecating portrayals of her own life are honest and raw, revealing both the hardships and hilarities of finding a home far from where one began.
Rich in place, character, and memory, Halcyon Day is a moving and often darkly funny portrait of lives fully lived on the edge of the Atlantic.
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| Weight | 501 g |
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| Book_author | Flynn, Jane |
| Cover | Paperback |