The Sound of Anthems

by Marjory Alyn

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312746008
• ISBN13: 9780312746001
• Release Date: January 1983
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 211 Pages

Customer Reviews

Perceptive view of Ireland

A warm and perceptive book about coming of age in Greencastle Northern Ireland. This was not only a great read but amazing to me as it was almost where I grew up. She describes so evocatively episodes and locations very close to my own childhood experiences on the Antrim Road. It is a dip into a time and place forgotten. With warmth and humour she documents and details the relationships within an Irish family and the tensions which result from this divided community. A very different view from the harsh lives in Angela's Ashes.

Touching and a must read for all ages!

This book was hard to put down. Although told through the eyes of an 11 year old girl it is very touching. It should be made a MUST READ! in high school. It touches on so many subjects that it will make you laugh, cry, and sympathize with everyone. The author has a way of taking you back through time and making you believe that you can smell the castle grounds, feel the joy, and playing with the kids on the block. If only we could live in that time when children played out of doors and innocence was still alive.