Overview

The author examines the function and protection of coded language, the burdens of tradition, and the comic yet painful testing of allegiance to ethnic identities. By observing the daily conversation, the physical landscape, and the small, persistent gestures that help people survive difficult circumstances she reveals the separate identities of Ireland and describes their collision in both personal and political arenas. In doing so, the author reveals her own Irish and American identities.

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A very well-written book. Shillue clearly has the talent to deliver considerable insights into the place and people she is writing about, and I have little doubt that the book will be enjoyed by its readers. - John McGarry, author of Northern Ireland and the Divided World; A lively, humorous, and often moving account of an Irish American's year in Northern Ireland. - Jacqueline McCurry, Saint Joseph's College

A very well-written book. Shillue clearly has the talent to deliver considerable insights into the place and people she is writing about, and I have little doubt that the book will be enjoyed by its readers. - John McGarry, author of Northern Ireland and the Divided World; A lively, humorous, and often moving account of an Irish American's year in Northern Ireland. - Jacqueline McCurry, Saint Joseph's College

Author Information

Edith Shillue is a teacher and writer who currently divides her time between Boston and Belfast. She is author of a memoir, Earth and Water: Encounters In Viet Nam (University of Massachusetts Press, 1998).

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