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Staring at Lakes
- A Memoir of Love, Melancholy and Magical Thinking
- Narrated by: Michael Harding
- Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins
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Summary
Throughout his life, Michael Harding has lived with a sense of emptiness - through faith, marriage, fatherhood and his career as a writer, a pervading sense of darkness and unease remained. When he was 58, he became physically ill and found himself in the grip of a deep melancholy.
Here, in this beautifully written memoir, he talks with openness and honesty about his journey: leaving the priesthood when he was in his 30s, settling in Leitrim with his artist wife, the depression that eventually overwhelmed him and how, ultimately, he found a way out of the dark by accepting the fragility of love and the importance of now.
Staring at Lakes was a number-one best seller in Michael's native Ireland and won three BGE Irish book awards in 2013, including Non-Fiction Book of the Year.
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- Ronan O' Reilly
- 01-08-22
Searingly honest.
Highly recommended. I believe than I am a better person for having read this book. Thank you Michael.
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- Conor
- 20-06-20
MORE MICHAEL HARDING PLEASE
I’ve read this book was sold when i noticed that Michael was narrating. It’s a great story and the reading suits it so well. Get him on to read more of his own stories and others!!
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- Patricia Burke
- 15-02-21
Wonderful
I throughly enjoyed every second of this book. Magical narration, I felt I was on the journey too.
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- Anonymous User
- 26-06-18
wonderfully inspiring
I thought this Memoir was beautifully told it was very deep and moving and really helps the reader to appreciate life and how precious that is I would really recommend this book
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- Ciara P.
- 20-11-19
so read and heartwarming
I could listen to Michael all day! He reads with such passion and warmth. I really got lost in the moment with him. I'd highly recommend a read x
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