Order Bruce Morrow’s new book, Nine Bean-Rows. Published in July 2025. An American mother. Five kids. One bold move to the edge of the Atlantic. It’s 1966, and Annie Weeks has a Ph.D. nearly in hand and a marriage in the rearview mirror. Restless and craving change, she leaves California for the windswept shores of western Ireland—drawn by music, poetry, and a stubborn belief that a richer life waits across the sea. In Sligo, where Yeats once wandered and pub conversations verge on performance art, Annie finds herself navigating more than a new culture. Between raising kids in drafty stone cottages, dodging outdated expectations, and falling in love with the land, the music, and unexpected people, she begins to craft a life of her own making—one rich with rhythm, resistance, and raw joy. Nine Bean-Rows is a memoir of reinvention, resilience, and the wild beauty of embracing the unknown. With humor, lyricism, and a sharp eye for detail, Annie’s story is both a celebration of Irish life and a fearless ode to living on one’s own terms.