199: Forty Shades of Green - "The Ground She Walks Upon" by Meagan McKinney

About this episode

The episode discusses the themes of magic and romance in 'The Ground She Walks Upon' by Meagan McKinney set in Ireland.

And now we arrive in Ireland. Finally. To discuss THE GROUND SHE WALKS UPON by MEAGAN MCKINNEY (1994). Ravenna is a social outcast who is also magically bound via geish to the Lord of her home, County Lir. Either Niall, at 20 years her senior, woos her, a lowly peasant, or his family looses the land they occupy in Ireland. What is the point of magic if it is just friendship or whatever? Does good romance determine a good romance, or is it all the other stuff? Is there ever such a thing as a good aristocrat? Trigger warnings: We talk about death and political violence. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Whoa!mance

Topics covered

• romance
• magic
• social outcast
• political violence
• aristocracy

Keywords

• romance
• magic
• Ireland
• Meagan McKinney
• political violence
• aristocrat
• social outcast

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: THE GROUND SHE WALKS UPON

Places: Ireland, County Lir

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