Hanging with the Elephant: A Story of Love, Loss and Meditation

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New memoir from author of No 1 bestseller, multi-award winning Staring at Lakes, which named 'Irish Book of the Year' at the 2013 Irish Book Awards.In his new book Hanging with the Elephant, Michael Harding is back in Leitrim, in the north-west of Ireland. His wife has just left for a six week trip to Poland and, in her absence, he is alone for the first time since his illness two years earlier. While alone he ponders on the relationship between men and women and revisits his mother's death - and with his own inimitable humour and insight - once again looks at the meaning of life, death and the journey in between.

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Michael Harding

Michael Harding

Michael Harding is the author of beloved memoir Staring at Lakes, which was a No.1 bestseller in Ireland and garnered three BGE Irish Book Awards: Non-Fiction Book of the Year, the John Murray Listeners' Choice Award and the overall Book of the Year 2013.

Michael has worked in theatre as an actor, director and writer. Most widely known as the author of such plays as Strawboys, Una Pooka, Misogynist, Hubert Murray's Widow, Sour Grapes, and Amazing Grace, Michael has also directed for The Abbey Theatre, The Project Arts Centre, and Red Kettle, and has worked as a performer with many distinguished theatre companies such as Siamsa Tire, Blue Raincoat, The Abbey Theatre and Gare St. Lazare.

He is the author of three novels: Priest, The Trouble with Sarah Gullion and Bird in the Snow.

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