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by: Terence Winch
Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9781931236331
ISBN: 193123633X
Label: Hanging Loose Press
Manufacturer: Hanging Loose Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 119
Publication Date: 2004-03
Publisher: Hanging Loose Press
Sales Rank: 1950477
Studio: Hanging Loose Press
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - Good craic
On the road with Terence Winch in That Special Place. He takes the reader by the heart along a journey of moments remembered. Making quick stops at the corners of Galway and the Bronx, Washington, D.C. and Baltimore, he reflects on his Irish American experience, unique to his place in time with friends, family, and the MUSIC that occupy it. He occasionally glances, not too long, down alley lanes haunted by grief and fear.
Good craic for anyone weathered and tendered by life.
Rating: - A wonderful book... by a talented author
In "That Special Place," Terence Winch manages to evoke the sights and sounds, and even the scents and tastes, of the many otherworldly settings in which traditional Irish music is played and heard. Terence can draw a portrait in prose like no one else, and his descriptions of the many colorful characters who populate his world are deserving of many rereads. For me, this transcendent book was equal parts Ciaran Carson's "Last Night's Fun" and Jimmy Breslin's "Table Money" (the former being a meditation ... Read More
Rating: - travel to another world....
Every story from this book transports me right to the middle of the action...I feel like I can smell the smoke of the bars and hear the music being played. I was amazed that 2 or 3 pages of a story evoked such a wide spectrum of emotions...laughter, longing, love. These stories connected me to people and places from another time...and I didn't want to come back. Finding good short stories is such a treasure and Terrence Winch seems to have no difficulty supplying us with beautiful writing, intriguing ... Read More
Rating: - Enjoying life
Terence Winch's new book, "That Special Place: New World Irish Stories", is a pure delight and can be read repeatedly for all the richness one finds there. A first generation Irish-American raised in the Bronx during the 50's, Winch is known for his distinguished career both as a musician and a writer. This latest book is a combination of reflections and vignettes about his life as the child of immigrant parents in a strong ethnic community and his adventures while working as a musician both in the U.S. ... Read More
Rating: - Book triggers emotions, ideas, memories, & connections
Terence Winch's THAT SPECIAL PLACE evokes the whole range of emotions - I even laughed out loud from time to time. Reading it is like sitting comfortably and talking with family, friends, and neighbors. The book prompts an amazing flow of memories and ideas. Winch's passion for blood pudding took me back to my first and only encounter with the traditional Irish breakfast fare. His account of Willie Joe Carty's statement that "the famine wasn't so long ago" is a remarkable reminder of the connections between ... Read More
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