Did Ye Hear Mammy Died?: A Memoir

By: Séamas O'Reilly

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Synopsis: 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, argumentative, musical, sarcastic, grief-stricken siblings, shepherded into adulthood by a man whose foibles and reticence were matched only by his love for his children and his determination that they would flourish. &“In this joyous, wildly unconventional memoir, Séamas O'Reilly tells the story of losing his mother as a child and growing up with ten siblings in Northern Ireland during the final years of the Troubles as a raucous comedy, a grand caper that is absolutely bursting with life.&”―Patrick Radden Keefe, NYT bestselling author of Say Nothing and Empire of Pain One of NPR&’s Best Books of the Year

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 304 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9780316424271
Related ISBNs:: 9780316424257
Publisher:: Little, Brown and Company
Date of Addition:: 12/27/23
Copyrighted By:: Séamas O’Reilly
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Parenting and Family
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.