Description: Wee Wild One : Stories of Belfast and Beyond, Hardcover by Schwertfeger, Ruth, ISBN 0299198804, ISBN-13 9780299198800, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Born in Ballycoan, Northern Ireland, Ruth Schwertfeger represents history and memory in an impressionistic memoir of her childhood on a small farm and attending a girls&; school in Belfast. Through the author&;s girlhood and discovery of her own national and religious identity, this humorous memoir is shaped significantly by images of Schwertfeger&;s father&;"the Wee Wild One"&;who spent his days in delightful mischief on a Purdysburn farm in the early 1900s. Schwertfeger provides her own interpretations of characters existing before her time and connects these and her own childhood memories in Ireland to her life today. These unmistakably North Irish stories are unified by a common language, which also emerges as a touchstone that draws all Irish home. Schwertfeger&;s voice reflects a shared and persistent desire for all Irish people to return to the roots that hold them, all the while appreciating her experiences traveling and studying European culture as an academic. She also explores many facets of social life in Northern Ireland that are often hidden behind the stereotypes of history and public rhetoric. Her stories convey a passionate and articulate woman seeking connect ions between the separations that occur through time.
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Book Title: Wee Wild One : Stories of Belfast and Beyond
Number of Pages: 224 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Item Height: 0.7 in
Topic: Women, Cultural Heritage, Sociology / General, Europe / Ireland, Educators, Customs & Traditions, Sociology / Marriage & Family, Teaching Methods & Materials / General
Publication Year: 2004
Genre: Social Science, Education, Biography & Autobiography, History
Item Weight: 12 Oz
Author: Ruth Schwertfeger
Item Length: 8.5 in
Book Series: Irish Studies in Literature and Culture Ser.
Item Width: 5 in
Format: Hardcover
