Join Solas Nua's Isabel Cabezas in conversation with NYT bestselling author Betsy Cornwell about her debut memoir, Ring of Salt. Copies of the memoir will be available to purchase on site. This event is generously co-hosted by the Notre Dame Club of Washington, DC.
When: Thursday, October 2, 6:00-8:00 p.m. (6:00 reception, 6:30 talk, 7:30 book signing)
Where: Keough School of Global Affairs (1400 16th St. NW Suite 120, Washington, DC 20036)
Price: FREE to attend
Maid meets Under the Tuscan Sun in this inspiring and lyrical memoir about a writer and mother who flees an abusive marriage and must learn to reclaim the story of her life through a search for home on Ireland’s wild, western coast.
Ring of Salt combines a powerful and relatable narrative of survivorship and healing with lush writing about the windswept landscapes and rich mythology of rural Ireland to craft a real-world fairy tale about the ordinary, but no less life-changing, forms of magic we can all access: vulnerability, community, and the power of telling your own story.
Betsy Cornwell is a New York Times bestselling author of six novels and founder of The Old Knitting Factory, an arts residency and retreat space for single parents in Connemara. Extracts from the unedited manuscript of Ring of Salt received the Markievicz Award from Ireland's Arts Council in 2024. She serves as a mentor for the Irish Writers Centre and was the first recipient of their Blue Mountains (Australia) Residency in 2023. Betsy holds an MFA in creative writing from the University of Notre Dame and a BA from Smith College, and currently teaches at the University of Galway.
