I Loved Him From The Day He Died
my father, forgiveness and a final pilgrimage
$25.80
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
8 September 2025
Summary
I Loved Him From The Day He Died: A Journey of Love, Loss, and Forgiveness
To mark his 70th birthday, Michael Harding travelled to Spain to walk part of the Camino de Santiago. Yet, as he set off on his pilgrimage, he found he wasn’t alone. Accompanying him was the ghost of his long-dead father, a distant and aloof figure whom he lost when he was only twenty-two years old.
Here, with searing honesty and beautifully wrought prose, Harding examines how this man, who had died a…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529379242 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1529379245 |
| Author: | Michael Harding |
| Publisher: | Hachette Books Ireland |
| Imprint: | Hachette Books Ireland |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 8 September 2025 |
| Weight: | 240g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 30mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
Harding’s prose style is fluid and fluent, like running water, simultaneously airy and earthy … unflinching, merciless honesty * Sunday Independent *
About The Author
Michael Harding
Michael Harding is an author and playwright. A recipient of the Stewart Parker Award for theatre, a Hennessy Award for Short Stories and a Bank of Ireland/RTE award for Excellence in the Arts in 1990, he has written numerous plays for the Abbey Theatre and was writer in association with the National Theatre in 1993.
His novels include Bird in the Snow, The Trouble with Sarah Gullion and Priest. He is also the author of several bestselling memoirs including Staring at Lakes (winner of the Bord Gais Energy Book of the Year award), Hanging with the Elephant, Talking to Strangers, On Tuesdays I’m a Buddhist, Chest Pain and What is Beautiful in the Sky.
He is a member of Aosdana and a columnist for over fifteen years with The Irish Times. His podcasts are available on the Patreon platform.
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