{"title":"Betsy Cornwell","description":"\u003cp\u003eBetsy Cornwell's works invite readers into deeply personal journeys woven with vivid storytelling and heartfelt reflection. Her narratives often explore themes of belonging, resilience, and the quest for a place to call home, grounded in richly drawn settings like the Wild Coast of Ireland.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith a keen eye for detail and emotive prose, Cornwell’s memoirs offer more than just an account of events—they provide a window into the human experience, filled with hope and insight. Her writing resonates with those seeking thoughtful and immersive life stories.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"ring-of-salt-finding-home-and-hope-on-the-wild-coast-of-ireland-by-betsy-cornwell-9781408748954","title":"Ring of Salt: Finding home and hope on the Wild Coast of Ireland","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBetsy Cornwell left home with her baby on his first birthday, checking into a hotel under a false name so her husband could not track them down. Over the long months of housing insecurity that followed, bouncing around cheap motel rooms and friends' couches, Betsy's determination to offer her son something she'd never had—a safe, stable home—took on the force of obsession.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Old Knitting Factory\u003c\/i\u003e, Cornwell invites readers to join her on the path that led out of her violent marriage and into renovating a run-down house on a lake in rural Ireland. She transforms a largely abandoned and abused vacation house into a family home and childcare-inclusive arts retreat space for other single parents. Along the way, she creates community and finds family wherever she goes—even when she has to build it herself, brick by brick.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMixing \u003ci\u003eMaid\u003c\/i\u003e's gripping portrait of single motherhood's precarity with \u003ci\u003eThe Salt Path\u003c\/i\u003e's wild, romantic sense of place—in this case among rural Ireland's cool mists, nubbly Aran yarns, and whispering turf fires—\u003ci\u003eThe Old Knitting Factory\u003c\/i\u003e invites readers to experience the magic of found family and new beginnings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47734524936428,"sku":"9781408748954","price":27.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781408748954-ring-of-salt-finding-home-and-hope-on-the-wild-coast-of-ireland.jpg?v=1781221026"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/betsy-cornwell.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}