Wild Chicory

<p>An immigrant journey from Ireland to Australia in the early 1900s along threads of love family war and peace <em>Wild Chicory </em>is a slice of ordinary life rich in history folklore and fairy tale. And it's a portrait of the precious relationship between a granddaughter Brigid and her grandmother Nell.</p><p>From the windswept emerald coast of County Kerry to the slums of Sydney's Surry Hills; and from the bitter sectarian violence of Ulster to tranquillity of rural New South Wales Brigid weaves her grandmother's tales into a small but beautiful epic of romance and tragedy of laughter and the cold reality of loss. It's Nell's tales tall and true that spur Brigid to write her own too.</p><p>Ultimately here is a story of finding your feet in a new land - be that a new country or a new emotional space - and the wonderful trove of narrative each of us carries with us wherever we might go.</p>