The Language of Remembering Elzbieta Wjcik-Lees

The Language of Remembering Elzbieta Wjcik-LeesReturning from Brazil with his wife and daughter, Oisn is looking to rebuild a life in Ireland and reconnect with his mother, Brigid, who has early onset Alzheimers. As her condition deteriorates she starts to speak Irish, the language of her youth, and reflect on her childhood dreams and aspirations. Mother and son embark on a journey of personal discovery, and as past traumas are exposed they begin to understand what has shaped them and who they

but also indicate how we might live better in the living world

this book celebrates and gives voice to experiences rooted in the region that have largely lain at the margins

recognition of her skills as an organiser

matter-of-fact magic of some of the world’s great literary traditions: Irish

local writers describe life within these gigantic urban landscapes as paradoxes of paradise and the inferno” - Mike Davis

It depicts a restlessness brought about by dispossession

Alice and the North is a sequence of prose poems that form a love-song to the North

The clarity of those sorrowful late lyrics is a wonderful achievement

From the City

s the weight of dandelions

entitlement

and life-changing circumstances for very many people