A Cocoon With A View is a first-hand account by acclaimed writer Alice
Taylor as she adapts to a new way of life in the self-isolation of the
cocoon, which reveals previously unobserved wonders and the delights of
the ordinary.
Back in the last weeks of February, which now feels like a hundred years
ago, we here in Innishannon were busy planning what was termed 'The Big
Rake Off' of the dead grass on the long sloping bank beside the road
coming into the village. Happily unaware of forthcoming events, we were
totally focused on creating our wild flower bank - to get something like
this going you need a 'metheal', a word which prior to the corona virus
was unknown to anyone under 40.
Then everything changed ... Exploring the themes of community, family
and personal wellbeing, Alice Taylor examines a world changed utterly by
the arrival of a once-in-a-century infectious disease.
Heart-warming, reflective yet always practical, Alice is a wonderful
guide in a world unlike the one we lived in only a few short months ago.
'Fuelled by good humour and home-spun wisdom.'
Evening Echo
'A Cocoon with A View hits the spot and is sure to delight.'
Irish Independent
