WILD ATLANTIC WOMEN (NEW ISLAND BOOKS) (PB)

At a crossroads in her life, Grainne Lyons set out to travel Ireland’s west coast on foot. Her aim was simple: walk in the footsteps of eleven pioneering Irish women deeply rooted in this landscape, and explore their lives and work. As a Londoner born to Irish parents, she sought answers to her own identity along the way. Heading north from Cape Clear Island, where her great-grandmother was a lacemaker, she considers the influence of Ellen Hutchins, Maude Delap, Edna O’Brien, Granuaile and Queen Maeve, among others.