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Ann Garratt's story begins at a critical time in her life, with the murder of a fellow worker by a colleague whom she recruited. The feelings of guilt and later the prospect of losing her senior job in the NHS conspire to create a perfect storm in her world and Ann is left suffering from a serious mental health problem. In an effort to understand the cause of her illness, Ann journeyed back through her childhood reflecting on her Irish roots and how emigration may have impacted on her ability to deal with stress. Ann recalls her life as a child in Falcarragh on the north coast of Donegal, Ireland, and the shock of being transplanted into war-scarred, inner-city Coventry where the family struggled with poverty, separation, their mother's poor health and father's drink problem. The Road Taken explores the nature of emigration, the loss of homeland and its impact on personal identity. Ann's story is not uncommon. It has been shared by thousands of people, uprooted from their family, friends and culture to settle in foreign place.
About the Author: Ann Garratt was born in Ireland and moved to England at the age of seven, where she spent thirty-seven years before returning to County Donegal in 2006. She moved back to Shropshire, England, in early 2018. In Donegal she was an active member of her local writers' group where she shared short stories and excerpts from projects she was working on. Before returning to Ireland, Ann won a short story competition for Irish writers in Coventry. She was a regular voluntary contributor to the Donegal Democrat and has written several short stories which were published in "Woman's Way". In 2010 Ann had five short pieces about her childhood broadcast on Lyric FM and this provided the inspiration to begin her memoir, The Road Taken. Three of her short stories were included in the anthology "Wild Atlantic Words" in 2016. When she's not writing or reading Ann is a keen gardener and enjoys walking. Ann is married and now lives in Shropshire where she is working on the final draft of her first novel, Nature's End.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781502810052
  • Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Publisher Imprint: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Height: 203 mm
  • No of Pages: 202
  • Series Title: English
  • Weight: 254 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1502810050
  • Publisher Date: 12 Oct 2014
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 11 mm
  • Width: 127 mm


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