The photographs included in Re-tyred are not included in the eBook but can be viewed at
http://www.smcmurry.info/re-tyred/ .

April 17th 2019: https://www.facebook.com/events/481758779025183/Comhlamh hosts 'An evening with Sara McMurry'. See https://www.facebook.com/events/481758779025183/.

April 24th 2019: Launch of 'Re-Tyred' in the School of Physics, Trinity College Dublin.

http://www.smcmurry.info/re-tyred/author.html

This is a must read for any traveller to India.

Yes, it is a fascinating and seductive description of several of the cities and 'tourist' areas, not only vividly bringing to life the chaotic but optimistic lives of the people who live there, but unusually, it also gives the reader an insight into the real, everyday lives of desert and rural village dwellers.

As a seasoned traveller to and volunteer teacher in India, Sara McMurray delves beneath the surface of the chaos of city life to give us a detailed personal account not only of the cities but also of the remote rural villages where she has taught children in very basic circumstances. An accomplished storyteller, the vignettes she gives us of the characters she meets over a period of several years conveys more about India and its people than any guide book. As she relates her experiences one gains a fascinating and unusual insight into the customs and cultures of different regions. Her affection for the country and its peoples is infectious and left me longing to revisit the country.

by S.Gamblin

A fascinating look at India through the eyes of the author who first traveled as a tourist there became enchanted with the country and volunteered in different parts of India.Honest real look at the people tradtions both good and bad like child brides a very interesting read.

by Abby

I like travel memoirs and though this is not a travel memoir as such, it was much more than that. The writer spent months spread over a number of years in parts of Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh as an English teacher volunteer. Her writings about her experiences in two very different locations added much interest to the work of teaching.

Rajasthan is desert country. Parched, dry and a hard life. Himachal Pradesh is picture perfect - mountains and valleys, green and fresh. The physical contrast alone was a very good story because the author paints a beautiful picture of both.

Her experience in dealing with simple, straight forward villagers who liked the idea of their children learning English but she also accepted the practices of the villagers and never tried to influence them to change their ways, despite her own personal ideas on the subjects. Very young marriages of girls at the age of 15 are common in the Rajasthan area, despite being illegal. Children are expected to help out on farms, with cultivation, with livestock. The family is of paramount importance, not the individual. The differences are many and all are very well articulated in this book.

Very vividly described both geography and people, this was a very entertaining read.

by Mystica