Gathering Carrageen

Gathering Carrageen

by Monica Connell (Author)

Synopsis

As a child in the 1990s Monica Connell lived in a village in Donegal with her mother and academic father. In the 2000s, by now an anthropologist and author, she returned with her husband. Gathering Carrageen is the story of that return: the harsh beauty of the landscape and elements, the sense of fun and community in the face of tensions between tradition and modernity. Peopled by wonderful characters, a lobster fisherman, a sheep farmer, a trawler worker, and an old woman who practices the ancient skill of gathering carrageen, she describes the complex weave of relationships and the adventure of learning their skills.

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Format: Audiobook::Box set::Illustrated::Large Print::Abri
Pages: 250
Publisher: Sandstone Press Ltd
Published: 16 May 2015

ISBN 10: 191012446X
ISBN 13: 9781910124468

Media Reviews
This heartening and heartfelt book is the autobiography of a soul. -- Irish Voice Irish Voice
Author Bio
Monica Connell grew up in Northern Ireland. She studied Sociology at London University followed by Social Anthropology at Oxford. Her first book, Against a Peacock Sky, an account of two years in a Nepalese village, was shortlisted for the Yorkshire Post Best First Work award and has been translated into two languages. More recently she trained as a photographer and published two illustrated books about Bristol contemporary culture, Flying High: New Circus in Bristol, and A Universal Passion: Music and Dance from Many Cultures. She currently lives in Andalucia.