In Sight of Yellow Mountain: A Year in the Irish Countryside
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.78 (969 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0717178781 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 416 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-06-19 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
. This is his first book. He lives - contentedly - in Wicklow, with his Beloved and two small sons. About the Author Philip Judge is an actor with many roles on television, film and theatre in Dublin and London
Philip Judge strips bare all dignity and personal embarrassment to immerse himself in country life and we are the winners. 'I think I bought a house', I said, still slightly stunned. I've spent longer choosing a tie. First, a dream of escaping the city and then a century-old cottage to match the dream. Wellies and tweed are bought. There are highs and lows. Never mind the bucolics, here's one man and his smallholding. It is a book about outpost and inscape, and is a luminous, funny and profound reading experience' Sebastian Barry 'This is The Good Life meets A Year in Provence a lovely summer read. Acutely observed and beautifully written it is also erudite, entertaining and laugh-out-loud funny. There is health and happiness, illness and sadness, and there is weather - always weather. Vegetable patches cultivated. Lambs are born and calves die. Beginning and ending at Lughnasa - but taking in a number of years along the way - Philip describes the season-by-season charms and frustrations that he, his Beloved, and eventually, his tw
. Philip Judge is an actor with many roles on television, film and theatre in Dublin and London. He lives - contentedly - in Wicklow, with his Beloved and two small sons. This is his first book