In Kiltumper

A Year in an Irish Garden

By: Niall Williams, Christine Breen

Narrated by: Niall Williams, Christine Breen

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

From the authors of This Is Happiness and Her Name Is Rose, a memoir of life in rural Ireland and a meditation on the power, beauty, and importance of the natural world.

35 years ago, when they were in their twenties, Niall Williams and Christine Breen made the impulsive decision to leave their lives in 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 land itself threatened by the arrival of turbines just one farm over, Niall and Christine decided to document a year 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 splendors and a couple who have made their life observing its wonders.©2021 Niall Williams and Christine Breen (P)2021 Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Life woven into a place, a garden.

The author's voice is engaging and real. So Very meaningful, capturing beauty and despair, hope.

A Sleeper with a Wollongong

I love this author so I gave it a try. Boy am I glad I did! I have such a different take on “green lifestyle “. A beautifully crafted tale

Re beauty and humans…

Peaceful, heartwarming and heartrending, like life in the country and in these times. Thank you!

Outstanding

Beautiful writing
Heartbreaking story
Makes me want to go into the garden
You won’t be disappointed

the language and simplicity

the beauty of the language that makes a garden real. the descption that is beautifully explained