Analysis Of Tour Guide By Jean Grangier

Jean Grangier is an Irish author of historical fiction from Cork. She has a bachelors and masters degree in History and English and has held a number of careers before turning to writing. Some of her most notable occupations have been university lecturer, tour director and secondary school teacher. She has also been involved in script writing and play directing for many high school plays. However it was her experience as aher tour guide which indirectly led to a career as an author. In the early nineties, Granger rebelled against the notion of getting a traditionla job to becomne a tour guide and director.

Over a few years of practice Jean Grangier learnt the names and stories of every historical location in Ireland, making her one of the most sought after guides.The decision to become a tour guide turned out to be one of the best decisions of her life as she met easy going, fun and incredible people that so enjoyed her stories that they encouraged her to write a book.She gained an appreciation of the Emerald Island that she

But his current tour group has a range of humorous characters that present dilemmas to even the most experienced of tour guides. The eclectic group of tourists include a gold digging multiple divorcee named Corlene looking to hook a new man; a love starved Boston police officer named Patrick, a goth uilleann piper Dylan;a grumpy college professor Dorothy; a wall street oligarch named Elliot. To top it all of is Ellen a tourist that has come back to the Emerald Isle to discover one of the biggest truths of her life. Add to it the colorful cast of locals that include Grda high flyers, Ukrainian waitresses, passionate musicians, and a couplke of Brits make for some of the most interesting of tours. And of course Oshe'a is in between it all mending hearts and solving problems for his