Learning to love Ireland
Subtitle: an immigrant's tale
By: Althea Farren
Publisher: Zozimus Books
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Dublin, Ireland
Language: eng
Number of pages: 161
ISBN-13: 9781782376026; 9781782376002; 9781782375999; 9781782376019
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Description and travel; Travel
Description: In 2007 Althea and her husband Larry left Zimbabwe, a country where the skies are cornflower blue, where the sun shines most of the time and where every longed-for thunderstorm brings welcome rain. They left behind a successful business, a beautiful home, their friends and their animals. They also left behind chaos, misery, starvation, hopelessness and a dictator who has no concern for the welfare of his people. They have come to live in Ireland, where the sky is often leaden grey and the rain relentless. But Ireland is a country blessed by the presence of The Celtic Tiger - a h.