Niall Williams

Christine Breen

'In Kiltumper' is a memoir of life in rural Ireland and a meditation on the power, beauty, and importance of the natural world.

A Year in an Irish Garden

In Kiltumper

Irish woman Iris Bowen goes to Boston in search of the birth mother of her beloved adopted daughter, Rose.

A Novel

Her Name Is Rose

Iris Bowen is a young Irish gardener and mother of a beloved adopted daughter, Rose. A recent widow, Iris has spent the last two years concentrating on the day-to-day business of launching Rose into the world. But when she receives some worrisome results on a breast scan, the words of her husband as he was dying of cancer become hauntingly urgent. He had begged Iris to search for Rose's birth mother so that Rose would still have family if anything happened to Iris. Suddenly, Iris fears that Rose really could be left alone. With no records to guide her beyond a twenty-year-old envelope, Iris impulsively begins a journey into the past that takes her to Boston and back to the west of Ireland, with surprising results for herself, for Rose, and for the others whom their lives touch. At turns moving and funny, Her Name Is Rose by Christine Breen is a gorgeous and intimate debut novel about what happens when life does not play out the way you expect.

Niall and Christine left their careers in New York City for a simpler, more authentic life in a cottage outside the tiny village of Kilmihil in County Clare. "Their tale is a delightful romance."—The New York Times Book Review

Our First Year in County Clare

O Come Ye Back to Ireland

This story takes up where O Come Ye Back to Ireland left off. After learning they can't have children, Niall and Christine adopt their only child, Diedre, and continue their story in the pastoral farming community in the wild and beautiful Irish countryside.

When Summer's in the Meadow

'Poignant ... A meditation on life, love and the importance of nature' IRISH TIMESWhen they were in their twenties, Niall Williams and Christine Breen made the impulsive decision to leave 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 surrounding land threatened by the arrival of turbines, Niall and Christine decided to document a year - in words and Christine's drawings - 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 splendours, and a couple who have made their life observing its wonders.

A story of a young couple who abandoned their careers in New York and moved to Ireland tells of their idyllic life in a cottage, surrounded by the beauty and character of the land of their ancestors

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, and with beautiful seasonal illustrations, this is the story of a garden in all its many splendors and a couple who have made their life observing its wonders.

From Clare to There

So Many Miles to Paradise

“Sevgi dolu, sıcak ve dokunaklı bir hikâye... Maeve Binchy okurları, kayıp, aidiyet ve aile bağları üzerine bu romana bayılacak.” - Booklist Tüm yönleriyle bir aşk, yalnızlık ve hayata tutunma romanı… Iris bir süre önce çok sevdiği eşini kanserden kaybeden bir blog yazarıdır. Yazılar bahçecilik üzerinedir. Kendisinin de kanser olabileceği ihtimalini öğrenince, kocasına verdiği söz üzerine, evlatlık olarak aldıkları biricik Rose’ları yalnız kalmasın diye onun gerçek annesinin peşine düşer. Elinde sadece yirmi yıllık bir mektup ve Evlat Edinme Kurumu’ndan aldığı adresle Boston’a gider. Rose başarılı bir kemancıdır. Londra’daki Royal Academy’de babasının kaybını müzikle telafi etmeye çalışır, ama son sınavı umduğu gibi gitmeyince bazı şeyler değişir. Ve Rowan… Hayatta bazı şeyleri ıskalamış, mutsuz bir adamken hayatta en çok değer verdiği insanı, dedesini kaybeder, ama cenazede bir kızı olduğunu öğrenince hayata bakışı değişir. Bir yaz boyunca, İngiltere, Amerika ve Batı İrlanda arasında geçen hikâyede, söz konusu karakterler ve hayatları bir şekilde kesişecek ve hayatın beklediğiniz gibi gitmediği bir zamanda kazanan aşk olacak.

Aşk, ayrılık ve aile bağları üzerine umut dolu bir roman

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'I read it with enormous pleasure ... Heartbreaking, uplifting ... A delight' TIM PEARS 'I loved their two voices, truthful and gentle and generous' GEORGINA HARDING 'Magical ... Arresting ... Read it and be restored to yourself' IRISH CENTRAL ____________________ Thirty-four 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 splendours, and a couple who have made their life observing its wonders.

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