Author Returns to Kerry Roots - The Kerryman
first published in The Kerryman, Oct 2014
Irish author and charity worker Jennifer Barrett is still very proud of her Kerry roots, with part of her new novel ‘The Songbird’s Way’ set on the family farm in Garfinny, outside of Dingle town.
Dingle, Kerry (Photo: Jenni Barrett, 2014
Although Jennifer’s parents, John and Maureen, are now living in Co Wicklow they remain in Kerry at heart, she said. “My dad was born in Cahersiveen in 1939 where my grandfather was the local bank manager at the old Munster and Leinster Bank (now AIB),” said Jennifer, whose new book ‘The Songbird’s Way’ deals with people going through a ‘Thrisis’ – a thirty-something crisis as opposed to a mid-life crisis.