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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>O'Sullivan's memoir of growing up on the Great Blasket, a sparsely inhabited Gaelic-speaking island off the Atlantic coast of Ireland. "The only book I have ever reviewed which simply had to be praised without reservation."-Sean O'Fáoláin, The Listener. Introductory Note by E. M. Forster.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>O'Sullivan's memoir of growing up on the Great Blasket, a sparsely inhabited Gaelic-speaking island off the Atlantic coast of Ireland. "The only book I have ever reviewed which simply had to be praised without reservation."-Sean O'Fáoláin, The Listener. Introductory Note by E. M. Forster.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>A book to buy, to beg, or to borrow. To miss it is to miss something which will leave your adventuring among books incomplete.--Irish Independent<br><br>It is a summer island of romantic beauty that he shows us, dwelling always on the colour of the scenery and the bright, wild life...--Times Literary Supplement<br><br>O'Sullivan here tells the story of his growing up in Great Blasket, a sparse island off Ireland's Atlantic coast with a Gaelic-speaking population. Along with an introduction by E.M. Forster from the original 1933 printing, this edition contains new photos and illustrations by the author.--Library Journal<br><br>This natural and beautiful book brings a breath of sea air and a strange music....It is as alive and sparkling as the sea on a summer morning.--The Observer<br><br>You cannot possibly fail to enjoy this book, the only book I have ever reviewed which simply had to be praised without reservation...--The Listener<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Maurice O'Sullivan was born in 1904 and joined the Civic Guard of the nascent Irish Republic as a young man, but found that law enforcement was not to his liking. While posted in Connemara he wrote a novel, Twenty Years A-Growing, for the entertainment was friends. He drowned tragically in 1950, leaving behind a widow and two children.

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