Ma, He Sold Me for a Few Cigarettes
A Memoir of Dublin in the 1950s
$26.43
- Paperback
480 pages
- Release Date
2 June 2008
Summary
A heart-rending memoir of a deprived childhood in 1950s and ‘60s Dublin that will both horrify and inspire.
Born a bastard to a teenage mother in the slums of 1950s Dublin, Martha has to be a fighter from the very start. As her mother moves from man to man, and more children follow, they live hand-to-mouth in squalid, freezing tenements, clothed in rags and forced to beg for food. But just when it seems things can’t get any worse, her mother meets Jackser.
Despite her trials, …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781845963132 |
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| ISBN-10: | 184596313X |
| Author: | Martha Long |
| Publisher: | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Imprint: | Mainstream Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 480 |
| Release Date: | 2 June 2008 |
| Weight: | 333g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 30mm |
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Stands head and shoulders above everything else in the category … a remarkable personal and literary achievement for the author and an unforgettable experience for the reader
Stands head and shoulders above everything else in the category … a remarkable personal and literary achievement for the author and an unforgettable experience for the reader * Irish Independent *
[Long’s] story is unique in its rawness and its honesty. Entirely self-educated, she narrates her own life in a way which is both riveting and moving * Greenock Telegraph *
Without question the most harrowing tale I have ever read. Even Charles Dickens, whom we appreciate for being the voice of so many abused children, is left in the dust – Alice Walker, author of The Color Purple
About The Author
Martha Long
Martha Long was born in Dublin in the early 1950s and still lives there today. She has written seven critically acclaimed volumes of autobiography, including the bestselling Ma, He Sold Me for a Few Cigarettes. Run, Lily, Run is her fiction debut.
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