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Norrie O Mahony

Norrie O Mahony

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A Shadow in Yucatan

A Shadow in Yucatan

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<p>A mythical jewel of a story… A true story told on a beach in Yucatan, A Shadow tells Stephanie's story but it was also the story of the golden time. Its nostalgia sings like cicadas in the heat.</p><p>An American ‘Under Milkwood’, this distilled novel of the Sixties evokes the sounds, music and optimism on the free-wheelin streets and parks of Coconut Grove. You can hear Bob Dylan still strumming acoustic; smoke a joint with Fred Neil; and Everybody’s Talkin is carried on the wind.</p><p>Stephanie, a young hairdresser living in lodgings finds herself pregnant. Refused help from her hard Catholic mother in New York, unable to abort her baby, she accepts the kindness of Miriam, her Jewish landlady, whose own barren life spills into compassionate assistance for the daughter she never had.</p><p>The poignancy of its ending, its generosity and acceptance, echoes the bitter disappointment of those of us who hoped for so much more, but who remember its joy, and its promise, as though untarnished by time.</p>

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In my memoir I reminisce on life growing up in West Cork, Ireland; telling a story with a meld of prose and poetry. I hope you enjoy the preview... You can use your cursor to turn the pages...

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<span class="stars_rated_container"></span><div class="UIRating" title="Rated 5.0 stars"> <span class="stars"> <img class="star_1 whole" src="http://static.lulu.com/images/ui/controls/UIRating/star_full.png?20110426122507" alt="*" /><img class="star_2 whole" src="http://static.lulu.com/images/ui/controls/UIRating/star_full.png?20110426122507" alt="*" /><img class="star_3 whole" src="http://static.lulu.com/images/ui/controls/UIRating/star_full.png?20110426122507" alt="*" /><img class="star_4 whole" src="http://static.lulu.com/images/ui/controls/UIRating/star_full.png?20110426122507" alt="*" /><img class="star_5 whole" src="http://static.lulu.com/images/ui/controls/UIRating/star_full.png?20110426122507" alt="*" /></span> </div> <span class="date_reviewed_container">Mar. 15, 2011</span> <span class="author_reviewed_container">By Maureen McCarthy</span> <br /><br />This is a delightful little book. It's written in an approacable conversational way which really helps create an atmosphere of Irish life. Some lovely poems are spread throughout too that echo themes from the main text. It's a format that really works.<br /><br /><div style="margin-bottom:.5em;"> <span style="margin-right:5px;"><span class="swSprite s_star_5_0" title="5.0 out of 5 stars"><span>5.0 out of 5 stars</span></span> </span> <span style="vertical-align:middle;"><strong>An Enchanting Book...</strong>, May 11, 2011</span> </div> <div style="margin-bottom:.5em;"> <div><div class="tiny" style="margin-bottom:.5em;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/pdp/profile/ASZ5M4Y6Y9T64/ref=cm_cr_dp_pdp"><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;"></span></span></a><strong><span class="h3color tiny">From Amazon - This review is from: </span>'Tis As It Was (Paperback)</strong> </div></div> </div> This is an enchanting little book that engaged me from the beginning. The author describes places and events growing up in Ireland with effortless and musical prose. She has her own poetry too, which is interspersed seamlessly into the text, that echoes the many themes she touches on. Overall, quite an enjoyable read and a charming memoir on Irish life and culture.