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Rathcormick: A Childhood Recalled

Rathcormick: A Childhood Recalled

by Homan Potterton (Author), William Trevor (Author)

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    Paperback 2004

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Synopsis

Set in 1950s rural Ireland, Rathcormick is an engaging tale of a large and happy family: a stern and domineering Papa, a warm and practical Mama, their two daughters and six sons. For Homan, the youngest, life is a free-spirited awakening in a world of old-fashioned virtue and frugality. But no boyhood lasts forever, and an abrupt turn of events signals an end to the idyll. Rathcormick is an unforgettable memoir: funny, compelling and original. With an introduction by William Trevor and drawings by Jeremy Wiliams.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 320
 Edition: First Edition
 Publisher: Vintage
Published: 01 Apr 2004
ISBN 10: 009946179X
ISBN 13: 9780099461791
Book Overview: 'A wholly delightful family memoir of lace-curtain Protestants in 1950s rural Ireland - an Irish seam that is rarely tapped for its considerable riches' - William Trevor, Guardian, Books of the Year

Media Reviews
Moving, funny and bleak by turns, there is nothing sentimental about it * Times Literary Supplement *
Not a wet miserable childhood, a la Frank McCourt, but a Protestant childhood and one that makes for hugely enjoyable reading * Independent on Sunday *
An evocative account of Protestant life in mid-century Ireland...ornamented with charming line drawings by Jeremy Williams * Irish Independent *
The twenty-six chapters are beautifully crafted-lively, elegant... A classic memoir * Irish Times *
Rathcormick is an intriguing insight into the [Protestant] class, its mores, its thrifty values. Homan Potterton has dipped into the vintage, sipped some, and gently offers us a taste * Sunday Tribune *
Author Bio
Homan Potterton was born in 1946. A graduate of Trinity College, Dublin and of the University of Edinburgh, he was Director of the National Gallery of Ireland from 1980-88 and was editor of Irish Arts Review 1993- 2002. He is an honorary member of the Royal Hibernian Academy. He currently lives in rural France.