From the Bookshelf of SEM Reads…
Find A Copy At
Group Discussions About This Book
No group discussions for this book yet.
What Members Thought
I was surprised by how un-maudlin and, frankly, funny this book is. It also reads more like a YA novel than a typical memoir--the first-person present-tense narration by a narrator who's between the ages of 2-19 or so as the book progresses. Obviously, there's really awful hardship and family tragedy, but the way it's written saves it from too much sentimentality. It read a bit slower than my normal books, but not in a bad way...I found myself thinking about it on my way down to the subway and b
...more
Jan 11, 2009
Charlene
rated it
really liked it
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
irish-authors-ireland-setting
