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Kerri Ni Dochartaigh on healing the trauma of The Troubles
Welcome to the Wintering Sessions with Katherine May. This week Katherine chats to Kerri Ni Dochartaigh, author of 'Thin Places'. Kerri talks in detail about the aftermath of growing up in Derry at the height of the Troubles, as the daughter of a Protestant father and a Catholic mother. Forced to come to terms with trauma and survivorship guilt, Kerri found healing in the dark magic of the Irish landscape and Celtic mythology. In a wide ranging conversation, she and Katherine cover ground including relationships, names, unidentified and hidden grief, authoring a redemptive book, the role places play in trauma, nature, the honest and the healed self, and a friendly sonic interruption from a chimney being swept (which remains, as Kerri weaves it in masterfully). KERRI LINKS Twitter Buy 'Thin Places' 'Thin Places' homepage Vik (Iceland) Robert Macfarlane More information on The Troubles Derry KATHERINE LINKS Homepage Twitter Instagram The Wintering Sessions Katherine's writing class Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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