The Way It Was: An Irish immigrant's adventures that led him on his journey from Ireland to find his home.

by Malachy Donoghue

After being forced to grow up too fast, too early...Malachy Donoghue sets the stage about what life is going to throw at him and how he is going to survive. This enables the reader to follow along on this journey through his eyes. He navigates us through a life few can imagine living yet he does it in a way that causes the reader to anticipate where he is going to go next and where he was destined to be. "The Way it Was" has been on amazon and kindle's hot new releases list and is on the best seller list for Irish biographies and Best Travel Europe books list as well. It has been featured on WCBS and in the Irish Times to name a few

178 pages, Paperback

Published February 17, 2017

Reviews

[Brenda H · Rating 3 out of 5]

While Malachy Donoghue led a very interesting and full life, this book read like a loooong letter to home and I found myself skipping whole chapters. I lost track of the many “nice” people he knew and named throughout the book (chapters later I would think “who?”). I liked it, although it needs to be edited for spelling errors (the country Chile is not spelled “Chili” among other errors), which are distracting, and stories get repeated throughout the book. All in all, I found it to be more of a memoir for his family and friends.

[Robin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderful book!

The author had some amazing experiences in his lifetime and it was a pleasure to read about them. He had a real gift of storytelling and I was never bored with this book.

[Gerard E Hoffman · Rating 2 out of 5]

Slow read

Very slow read, lacks detail and does not engage reader. Reads more like a list of events than a story

[Joe Curran]

A beautiful human story. Warm and humorous but with a background of a young man, like so many before (and since) have had to leave Ireland for a better life. Thank you Malachy and family for sharing this remarkable life story with us..

Lovely to hear how a life pans out, how good things can happen. The emigrants tale needs to be told and shared. Ireland is a land that had to export get greatest assets, her sons and daughters. Malachy''s story is one of triumph over adversity.