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In Kiltumper

A Year in an Irish Garden

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In Kiltumper

By: Niall Williams, Christine Breen
Narrated by: Niall Williams, Christine Breen
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Bloomsbury presents In Kiltumper by Niall Williams and Christine Breen, read by Niall Williams and Christine Breen.

Poignant ... A meditation on life, love and the importance of nature' IRISH TIMES

When they were in their twenties, Niall Williams and Christine Breen made the impulsive decision to leave New York City and move to Christine’s ancestral home in the town of Kiltumper in rural Ireland. In the decades that followed, the pair dedicated themselves to writing, gardening and living a life that followed the rhythms of the earth.

In 2019, with Christine in the final stages of recovery from cancer and the surrounding land threatened by the arrival of turbines, Niall and Christine decided to document a year – in words and Christine's drawings – of living in their garden and in their small corner of a rapidly changing world. Proceeding month by month through the year, this is the story of a garden in all its many splendours, and a couple who have made their life observing its wonders.

©2021 Niall Williams and Christine Breen (P)2021 Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Environment Gardening & Horticulture Nature & Ecology Outdoors & Nature Science Gardening
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In Kiltumper is a wonderfully intimate and honest account of a year in a garden, of lives well lived. This is not because of the success or otherwise of the venture that Niall and Christine set for themselves but because it is about self-knowledge, the importance of place and how to live in the face of uncertainty that is global and personal. I loved it.

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