Rathcormick Homan Potterton

Name: Rathcormick By Homan Potterton
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Rathcormick by Homan Potterton

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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.

Rathcormick Summary

Rathcormick: A Childhood Recalled by Homan Potterton

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.

Rathcormick 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 *

About Homan Potterton

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.

Additional information

Sku

GOR000890930

ISBN 13

9780099461791

ISBN 10

009946179X

Title

Rathcormick: A Childhood Recalled by Homan Potterton

Author

Homan Potterton

Condition

Used - Very Good

Binding type

Paperback

Publisher

Vintage Publishing

Year published

20040401

Number of pages

320

Prizes

N/A

Cover note

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Note

This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us