A Place & A Time: A Memoir - Softcover

Mahood, Bea

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1453620532 ISBN 13: 9781453620533

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2010

Synopsis

I am using your writer's Extended Description for the Amazon Detail Page. A Place and a Time, written and illustrated by Bea Mahood, stands alone as both a narrative and a work of visual art created around the themes of small-town life, the threat of violence, and the inimitably Irish sense of determination, hope, and love. Beginning with her roots in politically charged Northern Ireland, the author reveals so many facets of village life, daily living in the simplest and most basic forms: the honesty of hard work and the value of family. Using her own illustrations, photographs, and poetry to evoke a powerful sense of not only time and place, but the myriad emotions associated with them, we feel a part of the "Troubles" and the divisive civil war that raged for decades. Mahood invites us into her emotions as she leaves home and ventures to Canada, making a new life, weaving a new tapestry of experiences: work, family, future. That she has graced this book with her visual art is a testament to her desire to share with us the many facets of a life lived fully. Whether her poetry pulls us into the near-violent tension that became part of the annual Orange Parade, or sings to us in the lilting voice of an Irish soul discovering a new and thrilling world away from the battle, the invitation is clear: Join me in my life, wherever I am, and share with me the nuances of time and place.

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About the Author

Bea Mahood was born and educated in Northern Ireland, the oldest child in a large family. Since deciding to emigrate at the age of twenty-four, she has been an inveterate traveler, living in places as diverse as Paris, Puerto Rico, Montreal and Brussels before retiring to N. Carolina. Her poems and her translations of French poetry have appeared in literary journals in the United States.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1453620532
• ISBN 13: 9781453620533
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 206