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“You don’t have to be Irish to cherish this literary gift—just being human and curious and from a family will suffice.” —Malachy McCourt, New York Times bestselling author of A Monk Swimming
In the tradition of Frank McCourt’s Angela’s Ashes and Alice Taylor’s To School Through the Fields, Tom Phelan’s We Were Rich and We Didn’t Know It is a heartfelt and masterfully written memoir of growing up in Ireland in the 1940s.
Tom Phelan, who was born and raised in County Laois in the Irish midlands, spent his formative years working with his wise and demanding father as he sought to wrest a livelihood from a farm that was often wet, muddy, and back-breaking.
It was a time before rural electrification, the telephone, and indoor plumbing; a time when the main modes of travel were bicycle and animal cart; a time when small farmers struggled to survive and turkey eggs were hatched in the kitchen cupboard; a time when the Church exerted enormous control over Ireland.
We Were Rich and We Didn’t Know It recounts Tom’s upbringing in an isolated, rural community from the day he was delivered by the local midwife. With tears and laughter, it speaks to the strength of the human spirit in the face of life’s adversities.
Publisher : Gallery Books
Publication date : March 3, 2020
Edition : Reprint
Language : English
Print length : 224 pages
ISBN-10 : 150119710X
ISBN-13 : 978-1501197109
Item Weight : 2.31 pounds
Dimensions : 5.31 x 0.4 x 8.25 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #851,323 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #2,323 in Author Biographies #3,351 in Traveler & Explorer Biographies #14,313 in Memoirs (Books)
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