Don't Wake Me At Doyle's: A Memoir - Hardcover

Murphy, Maura

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9780312337919: Don't Wake Me At Doyle's: A Memoir

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312337914 ISBN 13: 9780312337919

Publisher: St Martins Pr, 2005

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A septuagenarian Irish matriarch describes her origins in rural 1920s Ireland, struggles to raise nine children in the face of poverty and alcoholism, and the ways in which her underprivileged life reflected her generation's lower class. 15,000 first printing.

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Review:

" Best Memoir" written by and about the Irish, 2005---"The Buffalo News"
" Murphy' s skillful storytelling and optimistic spirit give even the grimmest moments of her difficult life story levity in this hopeful, spunky sister to "Angela' s Ashes,"" --"Publishers Weekly"
" One of the most gripping memoirs I have ever read. The dialogue is authentic and the pace is fast and engaging. Irish family members have been done to death, but I'll make an exception for this one." --"Irish Voice"
"Best Memoir" written by and about the Irish, 2005---"The Buffalo News"
"Murphy's skillful storytelling and optimistic spirit give even the grimmest moments of her difficult life story levity in this hopeful, spunky sister to "Angela's Ashes.""--"Publishers Weekly"
"One of the most gripping memoirs I have ever read. The dialogue is authentic and the pace is fast and engaging. Irish family members have been done to death, but I'll make an exception for this one."--"Irish Voice"

'Best Memoir' written by and about the Irish, 2005 "The Buffalo News"

Murphy's skillful storytelling and optimistic spirit give even the grimmest moments of her difficult life story levity in this hopeful, spunky sister to "Angela's Ashes." "Publishers Weekly"

One of the most gripping memoirs I have ever read. The dialogue is authentic and the pace is fast and engaging. Irish family members have been done to death, but I'll make an exception for this one. "Irish Voice""

"'Best Memoir' written by and about the Irish, 2005" --The Buffalo News

"Murphy's skillful storytelling and optimistic spirit give even the grimmest moments of her difficult life story levity in this hopeful, spunky sister to Angela's Ashes." --Publishers Weekly

"One of the most gripping memoirs I have ever read. The dialogue is authentic and the pace is fast and engaging. Irish family members have been done to death, but I'll make an exception for this one." --Irish Voice

Book Description:

The extraordinary memoir of an Irish matriarch - the Angela of ANGELA'S ASHES

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