Description

From master storyteller and host of On Beings Poetry Unbound Pdraig Tuama comes an unforgettable memoir of peace and reconciliation Celtic spirituality belonging and sexual identity

It is in the shelter of each other that the people live Drawing on this Irish saying Tuama relates ideas of shelter and welcome to our journeys of life using poetry story biblical reflection and prose to open up gentle ways of living well in a troubled world

In the Shelter introduces Corrymeela the Northern Ireland peace and reconciliation community Tuama led for many years and throughout the book he reveals the power of storytelling in communities of conflict From the heart of a poet comes a profound look at the landscapes we all try to inhabit even as we always search for shelter a place we can call home

An instant spiritual classic in Ireland and Britain now brought to the United States