<p><strong>From Ireland to Australia, an immigrant&rsquo;s tale of love, war, and the unbreakable bonds of family.</strong><br />
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Praise for <em>Wild Chicory</em>:<br />
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&lsquo;It is uplifting to know that there are people who can write like this, with clarity, a bit of devilment and a hint of a smile. The story is a simple one, but told in a way that keeps you reading as much for the elegance of the telling as for the action it describes. Here is prose with a light, sunny breeze blowing through it&hellip; Why can&rsquo;t more people write like this? A little gem.&rsquo; &ndash; <em>The Age</em><br />
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&lsquo;colourful, evocative and energetic&rsquo; &ndash; <em>Sydney Morning Herald</em><br />
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&lsquo;Kim Kelly&rsquo;s <em>Wild Chicory</em> is told with wit, warmth and courage. It&rsquo;s an ode to the splendour to be found in a simple life and the hope for something better, even if you must risk everything to achieve it.&rsquo; &ndash; <em>Newtown Review of Books</em><br />
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<em>Wild Chicory</em> is a novella that takes the reader on an immigrant journey from Ireland to Australia in the early 1900s, along threads of love, family, war and peace. It&rsquo;s a slice of ordinary life rich in history, folklore and fairy tale, and a portrait of the precious relationship between a granddaughter, Brigid, and her grandmother, Nell.<br />
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From the windswept, emerald coast of County Kerry, to the slums of Sydney&rsquo;s Surry Hills; and from the bitter sectarian violence of Ulster, to tranquillity of rural New South Wales, Brigid weaves her grandmother&rsquo;s tales into a small but beautiful epic of romance and tragedy, of laughter and the cold reality of loss. It&rsquo;s Nell&rsquo;s tales, tall and true, that spur Brigid to write her own, too.<br />
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Ultimately, it&rsquo;s a story of finding your feet in a new land &ndash; be that a new country, or a new emotional space &ndash; and the wonderful trove of narrative we carry with us wherever we might go.</p>