Over the Hill

This book tells the story of modern day pioneering. It chronicles a family's move to rural Ireland in the last decade of the twentieth century and describes their struggle to begin with nothing and build a home on the side of a valley in the hills of County Clare using a mixture of stones gathered from the fields and concrete. <br>The family were determined to grow their own food and live as self-sufficiently as was practical despite the poor soil. It also shows the attitudes of the time and the generosity hospitality and sense of community of their Irish neighbours. <br>All of life is here and the book is sometimes humorous sometimes tragic and always inspiring.