Mary Mcclarey

Time for a Change (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

'Time for a Change' covers the period between 1969-1979, and is predominantly, but not exclusively, set in Belfast, Derry and Castlerock, Northern Ireland. The book follows the lives of a group of nurses and their friends and offers an insight into how ordinary life continued against the backdrop of an extraordinary times.Whilst this novel is fictional the author relied on a wide range of resources, including newspaper reports, the work of social historians as well as anecdotal evidence of those who lived through the times. Evidence of major events occurring during those years are plentiful, but it is the smaller encounters which bring this book to life. A pile of hand knitted black balaclavas in the corner of the room, the presence of weapons of war in a private home, and the not-at-school children participating in mayhem 'for the craic'.

The author trained and worked as a nurse, midwife and health visitor during 'The Troubles' and, 'Time for a Change' uses her experiences as a background to the novel. She believes that it was the privileged position offered to her as a nurse, which gave her the inspiration, and often the material, for her books. Although Mary progressed from 'bedside' nursing to 'bench' nursing over the latter years of her career she has always been proud to consider herself first and foremost a nurse.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Mary Mcclarey
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. September 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798201895174
• Artikelnr.: 62575588

Autorenporträt

Mary is the author of three novels 'Long Road, Many Turnings' and 'Time for a Change' were her first two, 'Another Mother's Child' recently published completes the trilogy. She is also a prizewinner of the 2020 Fish flash fiction competition. Now living in Devon she describes herself as a hybrid Irish-European. Born and brought up in Northern Ireland, her grandmother's family originate in West Cork, which is the setting of Another Mother's Child. Her career as a Midwife and Health Visitor as well as her fascination with people has enriched her writing. Mary hopes her novels generate an understanding of how different characters respond to their life challenges, stimulating a reaction in readers which touches their own feelings and experiences. Although her feet are planted in England her mind is constantly travelling elsewhere, often to the irritation of those who have to live with her.