THIN PLACES

A breathtaking mix of memoir, nature writing and history: this is Kerri ni Dochartaigh's story of a wild Ireland, an invisible border, an old conflict and the healing power of the natural world. She was born in Derry, on the border of the North and South of Ireland, at the very height of the Troubles where terror was in the very fabric of the city and it seemed there was no escape. She explores how nature kept her sane and helped her heal, how violence and poverty are never more than a stone's throw from beauty and hope, and asks us to reclaim our landscape through language and study, to remember that the land we fight over is much more than lines on a map.