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Irish Times columnist Nuala O'Faolain bares her past in a searingly honest memoir that spans her childhood in a large, penniless Dublin family, her rise among Dublin’s intellectual circles of the 1950s, and her studies in Oxford during the 1960s. The narrative follows her midlife quest to reconcile a hostile Catholic upbringing with a desire for personal freedom, confronting alcoholism, depression, and the demands of motherhood. By reflecting on love, loneliness, loss, and the search for identity, she ultimately finds contentment in solitary life and in rekindling the beauty of her homeland. Through candid prose and sharp commentary, O'Faolain offers a powerful testament to resilience and self‑discovery.
First publish date: 1996
Genre: Memoir/Personal Memoir
Authors: Nuala O'Faolain
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