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I'll Know It When I See It : A Daughter's Search for Home in Ireland / Alice Carey. - Emeryville : Seal Press, 2005. - 300, [1] strona ; 19 cm.

Author

Carey Alice Autor

Form of Work

Książki Literatura faktu, eseje, publicystyka

Demographic Group

Literatura irlandzka

Subject

Nauczyciele Nowy Jork (Stany Zjednoczone) Cork (Irlandia)

Genre/Form

Autobiografia Pamiętniki i wspomnienia

Domain

Historia

Tekst w języku angielskim.

The only child of poor Irish immigrants, Alice Carey's isolated childhood in a cold-water flat in Queens is transformed when her mother becomes maid to legendary Broadway producer Jean Dalrymple. In Ms. Dalrymple's Upper East Side townhouse, young Alice absorbs with delight a sophisticated theatrical culture that includes such notables as Jed Harris and Marilyn Monroe. Then, a visit to Ireland with her mother thrusts young Alice into another novel culture, one that simultaneously enchants and traumatizes her. When Alice returns to Ireland as an adult, she and her husband serendipitously find and fall in love with a ruined Georgian farmhouse. As they begin to convert the stables into a livable cottage, Alice unearths buried memories of a childhood played out in wildly divergent homes. I'll Know It When I See It is the witty and rueful examination of her struggles to make sense of - and peace with - her recollections of a bittersweet past. It is a book bound to appeal to a wide range of readers: Irish, New Yorkers, theater folk, and all those longing to buy a house in the old country [goodreads.com].

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