Summary of Diana Beresford-Kroeger's To Speak for the Trees

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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Sample Book Insights:
#1 I would climb to the top of the valley to visit my weeping stone. The sight of the valley below made me feel both safe and like a tiny dot, as small as the black-and-white cows down there. They were content. I must be, too.
#2 I was a descendant of the English aristocracy, the most fragile leaf on a Beresford family tree that included earls, lords, and marquises by the branchful. I was also Irish, and as a female child among the Beresfords, I faced the stumbling block of primogeniture.
#3 My mother was a spirited and adventurous woman, well read and outgoing. She had a wild streak and a unique bond with animals, which was captured in my favorite story about her: that she once got a donkey onto the roof of her schoolhouse.
#4 My mother had a very different view on culture and beliefs than me. She expected me to grow up and become a woman who was attractive and acceptable to my father’s people, and then make a good marriage.

Sujets

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• Trees

Informations

• Publié par: Everest Media LLC
• Date de parution: 20 mars 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781669356035
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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Insights on Diana Beresford-Kroeger's To Speak for the Trees
Contents Insights from Chapter 1 Insights from Chapter 2
Insights from Chapter 1

#1

I would climb to the top of the valley to visit my weeping stone. The sight of the valley below made me feel both safe and like a tiny dot, as small as the black-and-white cows down there. They were content. I must be, too.

#2

I was a descendant of the English aristocracy, the most fragile leaf on a Beresford family tree that included earls, lords, and marquises by the branchful. I was also Irish, and as a female child among the Beresfords, I faced the stumbling block of primogeniture.

#3

My mother was a spirited and adventurous woman, well read and outgoing. She had a wild streak and a unique bond with animals, which was captured in my favorite story about her: that she once got a donkey onto the roof of her schoolhouse.

#4

My mother had a very different view on culture and beliefs than me. She expected me to grow up and become a woman who was attractive and acceptable to my father’s people, and then make a good marriage.

#5

I had few friends outside the house. I had a doll named after me that I took care of very well. I loved the trees in the courtyard, and would spend time with them.

#6

I had a very curious relationship with the arboretum, and I would spend hours there exploring and learning about the trees. I would ask Dr. Barrett about the trees’ leaves, and he would tell me that they were good for my health.

#7

I was 12 when my mother returned to Ireland with me. I tried to avoid drawing attention to myself, and I found a way to live that worked for me and didn’t irritate anyone. But then, within a year, I became an orphan.

#8

I was eight years old when my mother gave me a box of paints. I loved that paintbox. I even abandoned my dolls for it. It was long and slim with a yellow top that folded backwards to form a flat surface that could be used as a mixing palette. The set came with one brush, but my mother had added a few more.

#9

I was sent to a laundry called Sunday’s Well, which was a Magdalene Laundry, in the wake of the crash. My freedom was dependent on adherence to a handful of conditions set by the judge in my first meeting: I would be required to appear in court every three months, so it could be determined that I was not going astray.

#10

I became so thin that I began to contract strep throat every couple of weeks. Though I was wasting away in plain sight, no one took measures to protect my well-being.

#11

I eventually learned to cook for myself, and I was finally able to feed myself. I was still, however, completely dependent on my uncle.

#12

I would spend summers in the valley with my mother’s cousin, Pat Lisheens. The valley was a place of great generosity and kindness.

#13

The name Lisheens means much to people who speak Gaelic. It opens a doorway into a different world. The valley is rife with stone artifacts from the time of the Druids, who were the elite educated class of the Celtic culture.

#14

The Celts had a written alphabet, Ogham, which was used to write down laws that were democratically established. The O’Donoghues were an aristocracy family, and my mother’s family was the most prominent in the area.

#15

The older inhabitants of Lisheens, who had kept their lands by birthright, were still farmers, but their children and grandchildren had sampled the modern age and were eager to enter it. They wanted money, a car, and a new life in America or England.