Come Sit Awhile

Alice Taylor lives in the village of Innishannon in County Cork, in a house attached to the local supermarket and post office. Her first book, To School Through the Fields, was published in 1988. It was an immediate success and quickly became the biggest selling book ever published in Ireland.Alice has written nearly twenty books since then, largely exploring her beloved village and the ways of life in rural Ireland. She has also written poetry and fiction: her first novel, The Woman of the House, was an immediate bestseller. Most recently, she wrote a children's picture book with her daughter Lena Angland, called Ellie and the Fairy Door.

she is a national treasure

• Let’s Light a Candle Morning Has Broken Peace Prayer of St Francis Slow Me Down Waiting for Our Souls to Catch Up A Ploughed Field TreesToo Late Hold Fast to Dreams I See His Blood upon the Rose Going to the Well Fresh Flowers Kindness Needs A Wet Day WomanSport Wilding Close to the Earth Tread Softly Men with Scythes Stored Summer Earth Woman Back to Simplicity Uplift After the Funeral Morning Walk A Soft Day Jim The Meaning of Life