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'A remarkable memoir, poignant, truthful, imparting that quiet wisdom which suffering brings.'

-- Edna O'Brien

'An extraordinary memoir, beautifully written.'

-- Roddy Doyle

'A beautiful exploration of human loneliness and happiness, of contentment and longing.'

* Washington Post *

'[An] astonishing book ... a classic of Irish autobiography.'

-- Colm Tóibín * Times Literary Supplement *

'A rich, fierce memoir.'

* The New Yorker *

'You don't want the book to end: it glows with compassion and you want more, more.'

-- Frank McCourt

'This book has to be read.'

* The New York Times *

'It still has the power to astonish.'

* Backlisted.fm *

'It’s a powerhouse of a read, and you come away from it feeling as if you really got to know the lonely, flawed and hugely intelligent and brave woman who wrote it.'

* Reading Matters *

'[It] may be the truest memoir I have ever read. There was no detailed spared in the retelling of her life. The good, and frankly quite a lot of bad, were written in the pages giving the reader a true look into the life of Nuala and many other women growing up in Ireland in this time period.'

-- Rachel Keane * What Is That Book Abou