Synopsis In 1979, Kevin O'Hara, an American Vietnam vet, took a walk around the Irish coast and paid his way by storytelling. A quarter of a century later, he has written about the experience, reporting on his adventures both good and bad, and concluding with many warm words about the hospitality of the Irish people.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 2005-02-28 | | Edition Description: | Reprint |
| Size | | Length: | 430 pages | | Height: | 9.3 in | | Width: | 6.3 in | | Thickness: | 0.8 in | | Weight: | 17.6 oz |
Publisher's Note A Vietnam veteran and psychiatric nurse returns to Ireland, his mother's homeland, to discover his family roots and answers to his questions about himself, embarking on a whimsical odyssey around Ireland in a donkey cart on a sometimes poignant, sometimes joyful journey of the soul.
Industry Reviews "Skillful piece of travel-writing....His writing...like the Irish fog [is] both glowing and lightly pushed by an unacknowledged melancholy." Kirkus (12/15/2003)
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