Openhearted
Eighty Years of Love, Loss, Laughter and Letting Go
$25.50
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
18 March 2022
Summary
A refreshingly frank, engaging, and uplifting memoir of resilience, hope, and love.
At 20, Londoner Ann Ingle fell madly in love with an Irish fellow she met on holiday in Cornwall. At the church to arrange their shotgun wedding, she discovered that he hadn’t even told her his real name.
Sixty-odd years later, Ann looks back and considers what she has learned from the life that followed—bringing eight children into the world, their father’s years of mental illness and tragic d…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241993521 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0241993520 |
| Author: | Ann Ingle |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 18 March 2022 |
| Weight: | 214g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 18mm |
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Critics Review
A beautiful book
A beautiful book * Irish Times *
Lifted my spirits beyond description! So loving and non-judgemental and Ann Ingle’s enjoyment of life is beautiful to behold. Genuinely inspirational. I LOVE ANN INGLE – Marian Keyes
I loved it, really loved it … a very uplifting, hopeful book … brilliant – Ray D’Arcy
What a beautiful openhearted, at times broken-hearted memoir … honest, funny, searingly direct, a wonderful voice … remarkable – Joe Duffy
Heart-breaking yet funny, and jaw-droppingly honest … by some distance, the most courageous, most poignant, most life-affirming memoir I’ve read in the last twenty years and more – Paul Howard
Incredibly poignant and so compelling, honest, warm and unique - I love this! – Nina Stibbe
Profoundly honest … I relish its kindness, its humour and its courage – Frank McGuinness
A breathtakingly honest account of marriage, motherhood and widowhood … extremely moving and hugely inspiring – Kathleen Mac Mahon
Those who read openhearted will experience the warm glow of Ann Ingle’s company - you are lucky – Niall Breslin
Really beautiful. Searingly honest, astonishingly frank and very, very funny – Maia Dunphy
About The Author
Ann Ingle
Originally from London, Ann Ingle has lived in Dublin since the 1960s and is a mother of eight. In 2018, she co-wrote Driven, the memoir of motorsport legend Rosemary Smith, which was shortlisted for an Irish Book Award. Her first memoir, Openhearted, was shortlisted in two categories at the Irish Book Awards 2021.
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