by PatriciaScanlan (Author)
Widely known as one of Ireland's best-loved writers, here Patricia Scanlan offers readers a glimpse into her own life. In Winter Blessings, Patricia shares her favourite poems, childhood recollection and personal stories that have inspired her spiritual journey - all bound together by the season of short days and frosty nights. From early Christmases with excited siblings in the cocoon of their parents' love to learning poems by rote 'on the hard wooden chairs' of the classroom, and on through later days, suffering from chronic bank pain and struggling to make sense of her own life, here are treasured poems and stories from one woman's life and her journey towards self-understanding and self-healing. Winter Blessings is a unique and heart-warming book - the perfect fireside companion for all those seeking shelter form that coldest of seasons.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 192
Publisher: Hachette Books Ireland
Published: 07 Oct 2005
ISBN 10: 0755314425
ISBN 13: 9780755314423
Book Overview: A unique and heart-warming book of favourite poems, treasured memories and a journey of the soul - the perfect fireside companion for all those seeking shelter form that coldest of seasons.
PATRICIA SCANLAN was born in Dublin where she still lives. Her books, all No 1 bestsellers, include City Girl, City Lives, City Woman, Apartment 3B, Finishing Touches, Foreign Affairs, Mirror Mirror, Promises Promises. Francesca's Party, Two For Joy and Double Wedding.
She is Series Editor of The Open Door Series, a prestigious literacy project she developed with New Island Books, which has become a critical and commercial success internationally. She has written three books for the series and is working on a fourth.
She also works as an Editorial Consultant with Hodder Headline Ireland and helps young people with creative writing projects.