Memoir books from Northern Ireland
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If you are into memoir here are some memoir books from Northern Ireland for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge.
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Did Ye Hear Mammy Died: A Memoir by Seamus O'Reilly EN
Country: Europe / Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
Description:
A heart-warming and hilarious family memoir of growing up as one of eleven siblings raised by a single dad in Northern Ireland at the end of the Troubles. Séamas O’Reilly’s mother died when he was five, leaving him, his ten (!) brothers and sisters, and their beloved father in their sprawling bungalow in rural Derry. It was the 1990s; the Troubles were a background rumble, but Séamas was more preoccupied with dinosaurs, Star Wars, and the actual location of heaven than the political climate. An instant bestseller in Ireland, Did Ye Hear Mammy Died? is a book about a family of loud, argumenta... continue
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I Am, I Am, I Am : Seventeen Brushes with Death by Maggie O'Farrell EN
Country: Europe / Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
Description:
Presents a memoir told entirely in seventeen near-death experiences stemming from a dangerous childhood illness, accidents, an encounter with a disturbed person, and the author's daily efforts to protect her daughter from the vulnerabilities of a high-risk condition.
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Tell Me Why You Fled: True Stories of Seeking Refuge by Karen O’Reilly EN
Country: Europe / Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
Description:
A candid and irreverent memoir about helping people find refuge - from war, and torture and genocide - as a young woman seeking refuge from herself.
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Thin Places : A Natural History of Healing and Home by Kerri ní Dochartaigh EN
Country: Europe / Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
Description:
An Indie Next Selection for April 2022 An Indies Introduce Selection for Winter/Spring 2022 A Junior Library Guild Selection Both a celebration of the natural world and a memoir of one family’s experience during the Troubles, Thin Places is a gorgeous braid of “two strands, one wondrous and elemental, the other violent and unsettling, sustained by vividly descriptive prose” (The Guardian). Kerri ní Dochartaigh was born in Derry, on the border of the North and South of Ireland, at the very height of the Troubles. She was brought up on a council estate on the wrong side of town—although for her ... continue