Life
1932- ; b. Carrick on Suir; in Britain and outbreak of WWII and sent back to Ireland to avoid wartime evacuation for children; author of The Broken Place (Cromwell Publ. 2000), 212pp.; concerning Northern Ireland in the Second World War [not listed in COPAC]; also Gorry Rua Morning (Red Garden Lane) (Troubador 2014) which records a dark childhood idyll involving Irish social forces around education and religion.
Notes
Gorry Rua Morning (Red Garden Lane) (2014) - provides an evocative look into the awakening consciousness of childhood given the dreadful poverty and deprivation that persisted throughout the war years in Ireland. Michael Waters is moved back to Ireland by his mother, rather than being ‘evacuated’ in the Second World War. [...H]e slowly and tenderly recounts the great Irish Diaspora and the impact of the war that drives so many to extreme poverty. ... Irish education ... Christian Brothers ... a love affair with childhood, persisting in Michael and Little Paddy’s positive outlook on life ... a mother left to fend for herself, who never allows her children to feel less than totally loved. [...] Ryan responds to [...] James Joyce’s A Portrait and some say this book provides an antidote to Angela’s Ashes ... almost entirely autobiographical. (Publisher"s notice at Amazon - online.
Namesake? John C. Ryan - author of Seven Wonders: Everyday Things for a Healthier Planet (1999); with Alan Thein Durning, Stuff: The Secret Life of Ordinary Things (sightline 2012) .. &c. The author is associated with the North-West Pacific region of the USA and writes on ecological matters.
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