Nothing Quite Like It: An American-Irish Childhood

by Nicholas Grene

Nothing Quite Like It tells the story of an unusual childhood. The child of academic parents, the author was transplanted from Illinois to rural Wicklow in the 1950s. While his classicist father continued to spend part of the year teaching at the University of Chicago, he with his sister and philosopher mother Marjorie Grene settled down on the family farm in Ballinaclash.

With this mixed background, he provides the sharp-eyed and affectionate...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 095622315X
• ISBN13: 9780956223159
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: Somerville Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 9.1"