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"Rory and Ita" is Roddy Doyle’s debut nonfiction book, presented largely in the first‑person recollections of his parents. Born in 1923 and 1925, they met at a New Year’s Eve dance in 1947 and married in 1951. The book follows their lives from childhood in Dublin—recalling family members, shopkeepers, teachers, and Republican political leanings—to idyllic summers on the Wexford countryside and Rory’s apprenticeship as a printer. Ita remembers the loss of her mother at age three, while Rory, the eldest of nine children, notes that five of his siblings were girls. The narrative offers a detailed view of 20th‑century Irish family life, customs, and social history.
First publish date: 2002
Genre: Biography & Autobiography/Biography
Authors: Roddy Doyle
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