When I Was Your Age: Ireland's Grandparents Share Memories and Wisdom

In this book, Valerie Cox interviews fellow grandparents about their childhood experiences, changes over time, and values they want to pass down to future generations. The book includes contributions from some of Ireland's best-known grandparents and is a beautiful gift and time capsule for the future.

Format: Hardback
Length: 224 pages
Publication date: 13 October 2022
Publisher: Hachette Books Ireland

In these pages, grandmother and chronicler of times past Valerie Cox talks to fellow grandparents, creating an unforgettable trip down memory lane. Through schooldays, dating, jiving, child-rearing, working life, holidays, fashion, and more, memories are shared of a pre-digital age when the world seemed smaller and community life was central. They also describe the magic of the grandparent-grandchild relationship, and their hopes for the upcoming generation. Full of tender or surprising reminiscences from across Ireland, along with revelations on what truly matters in life, When I Was Your Age includes contributions from some of Ireland's best-known grandparents - a beautiful gift and a time capsule for the future.

In these pages, grandmother and chronicler of times past Valerie Cox talks to fellow grandparents, creating an unforgettable trip down memory lane. Through schooldays, dating, jiving, child-rearing, working life, holidays, fashion, and more, memories are shared of a pre-digital age when the world seemed smaller and community life was central. They also describe the magic of the grandparent-grandchild relationship, and their hopes for the upcoming generation. Full of tender or surprising reminiscences from across Ireland, along with revelations on what truly matters in life, When I Was Your Age includes contributions from some of Ireland's best-known grandparents - a beautiful gift and a time capsule for the future.

Weight: 354g
Dimension: 224 x 144 x 27 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781399712279