Throughout his life, Michael Harding has lived with a sense of emptiness - through faith, marriage, fatherhood and his career as a writer, a pervading sense of darkness and unease remained.
When he was fifty-eight, he became physically ill and found himself in the grip of a deep melancholy. Here, in this beautifully written memoir, he talks with openness and honesty about his journey: leaving the priesthood when he was in his thirties, settling in Leitrim with his artist wife, the depression that eventually overwhelmed him, and how, ultimately, he found a way out of the dark, by accepting the fragility of love and the importance of now.
Staring at Lakes started out as a book about depression. And then became a story about growing old, the essence of love and marriage - and sitting in cars, staring at lakes.
| ISBN: | 9781444743500 |
| Publication date: | 6th January 2014 |
| Author: | Michael P Harding |
| Publisher: | Hachette Books Ireland an imprint of Hachette Ireland |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 310 pages |
| Genres: |
Memoirs Coping with / advice about illness and specific health conditions Relationships and families: advice and issues |
Throughout his life, Michael Harding has lived with a sense of emptiness - through faith, marriage, fatherhood and his career as a writer, a pervading sense of darkness and unease remained.When he was fifty-eight, he became physically ill and found himself in the grip of a deep melancholy. Here, in this beautifully written memoir, he talks with openness and honesty about his journey: leaving the priesthood when he was in his thirties, settling in Leitrim with his artist wife, the depression that eventually overwhelmed him, and how, ultimately, he found a way out of the dark, by accepting the fragility of love and the importance of now.Staring at Lakes started out as a book about depression.
Staring at Lakes features in the following genres: Memoirs, Coping with / advice about illness and specific health conditions, Relationships and families: advice and issues
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Staring at Lakes was written by Michael P Harding and published by Hachette Books Ireland an imprint of Hachette Ireland
Staring at Lakes has 310 pages
£11.69, reduced from £12.99. Not Available.