Peace Comes Dropping Slow by Edith Shillue
Born in suburban Boston, where being Irish is perceived as a badge of social status, Edith Shillue travelled to Ireland's north-east corner in the wake of the Good Friday Agreement - the historic 1998 peace treaty that promised to end war as a way of life in Northern Ireland. Spending time in both the middle-class environs of South Belfast and the rougher areas of Derry's housing estates, she recorded the prevailing moods of this long-troubled land as she lived and worked with its citizens. The result reveals a people and a place caught between past and future during a time of profound change. The author examines the function and protection of coded language, the burdens of tradition, and the comic yet painful testing of allegiance to ethnic identities. By observing the daily conversation, the physical landscape, and the small, persistent gestures that help people survive difficult circumstances she reveals the separate identities of Ireland and describes their collision in both personal and political arenas. In doing so, the author reveals her own Irish and American identities.
A very well-written bookShillue clearly has the talent to deliver considerable insights into the place and people she is writing about, and I have little doubt that the book will be enjoyed by its readers. - John McGarry, author of Northern Ireland and the Divided World; ""A lively, humorous, and often moving account of an Irish American's year in Northern Ireland."" - Jacqueline McCurry, Saint Joseph's College
Edith Shillue is a teacher and writer who currently divides her time between Boston and Belfast. She is author of a memoir, Earth and Water: Encounters In Viet Nam (University of Massachusetts Press, 1998).
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| ISBN 13 | 9781558493681 |
| ISBN 10 | 1558493689 |
| Title | Peace Comes Dropping Slow |
| Author | Edith Shillue |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | University of Massachusetts Press |
| Year published | 2003-01-31 |
| Number of pages | 200 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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