Blasket spirit : stories from the Islands / Anita Fennelly.
By: Fennelly, Anita
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BookPublisher: Cork : Collins Press, 2009Description: viii, 215 p. : ill., maps ; 20 cm.ISBN: 9781905172900; 1905172907.Subject(s): Fennelly, Anita | Spiritual retreats -- Ireland -- Great Blasket Island | United Kingdom, Great Britain | Travel & holiday guides | Geography | Great Blasket Island (Ireland) -- Description and travelDDC classification: 914.196 FEN Summary: Seeking solitude after a personal crisis, Anita Fennelly chose to live alone on the Great Blasket Island off the coast of Ireland. Into this story of personal healing and recovery, she weaves stories of the island; its people, places and wildlife.
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Seeking solitude after personal crisis, Anita Fennelly spent a summer alone on the Great Blasket Island. This is her account, written by candlelight, of the gradual thawing of her personal isolation through the friendship of the characters of Blasket Island life today: fishermen, ferrymen, backpackers, islanders' descendants, a dolphin, a weaver, a trio of seals and even a former taoiseach. Anita weaves a tapestry of tales: ghost stories told by the fireside, stories of love and betrayal, stories celebrating womanhood. Ultimately, Anita's own story is one of survival and hope.
Blasket Spirit reveals a timeless place where the souls of the past and present are inextricably linked with the emotional and physical struggles of island life. Into this story of personal healing and recovery, the island stories, its people and places and wildlife are interwoven to form an original and multi-layered memoir.
Seeking solitude after a personal crisis, Anita Fennelly chose to live alone on the Great Blasket Island off the coast of Ireland. Into this story of personal healing and recovery, she weaves stories of the island; its people, places and wildlife.