Confessions of a Poacher Illustrated upon her death

upon her death

and to recover from a suffocating relationship

before going on to write 23 enoromously successful books for children

Hurtling between friendships

Confessions of a Poacher Illustrated upon her deathThis book is a vivid series of autobiographical sketches that describe Connell's early life among the Slieve Blooms and his move to London's East End. At weekends he sallies forth with his companions and beloved lurcher Nellie in quest of game: hare, pheasant, rabbit, partridge and salmon most of it illegally trapped, snared and shot. He encounters magistrates and landlords, evoking a hierarchical late Victorian world in which town and country merge,