Alice Taylor: 'I felt I couldn’t complain because I had a garden and plenty of space'
Alice Taylor with her latest work, Books From the Attic. Picture: Denis Boyle
There is much to admire about Alice Taylor — her resilience through loss, especially of her beloved husband; her productivity, most especially during lockdown, when she finished one book and wrote another; the obvious joy and sustenance she gets from her place in the community of Innishannon and the nature that surrounds it.
She also deserves admiration for her determination to sort through the piles of dusty books lurking in her attic. While ‘out of sight, out of mind’ is the mantra of most people in this regard, Taylor tackled the issue head on and in the process, unearthed a treasure trove of books and memories from the past. Naturally, being a born storyteller, she wrote a book about it.
