My Father''s Wake : How the Irish Teach Us to Live, Love and Die
by
Kevin Toolis
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1474605249
ISBN-13
9781474605243
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Imprint
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Aug 23rd, 2018
Print length
288 Pages
Weight
274 grams
Dimensions
17.40 x 17.30 x 2.20 cms
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An intimate, lyrical memoir exploring the ancient rite of the Irish wake, and the Irish way of overcoming our fear of death - BEING MORTAL meets THE LAST ACT OF LOVE
Death is a whisper in the Anglo-Saxon world. But on a remote island, off the coast of County Mayo, it has a louder voice. The local radio station runs a thrice-daily roll-call of the recently departed. The islanders keep vigil with the corpse and share in the sorrow of the bereaved. The living and the dead are bound together in the oldest rite of humanity. In My Father''s Wake, Kevin Toolis gives an intimate, eye-witness account of the death and wake of his father, celebrating the spiritual depth of the Irish Wake and asking if we too can find a better way to deal with our mortality, by living and loving in the acceptance of death.
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