Phelan Tom
Phelan Tom - We Were Rich And We Didn't Know It A Memoir Of My Irish Boyhood - Paperback
Phelan Tom - We Were Rich And We Didn't Know It A Memoir Of My Irish Boyhood - Paperback
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Description: You don t have to be Irish to cherish this literary gift just being human and curious and from a family will suffice. Malachy Mc Court New York Times bestselling author of A Monk Swimming In the tradition of Frank Mc Court'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.
Title: We Were Rich And We Didn't Know It A Memoir Of My Irish Boyhood
Author(s): Phelan Tom
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Barcode: 9781501197109
Pages: 224 Pages
Publication Date: 3/3/2020
Category: Memoirs
Description: You don t have to be Irish to cherish this literary gift just being human and curious and from a family will suffice. Malachy Mc Court New York Times bestselling author of A Monk Swimming In the tradition of Frank Mc Court'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.
Title: We Were Rich And We Didn't Know It A Memoir Of My Irish Boyhood
Author(s): Phelan Tom
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Barcode: 9781501197109
Pages: 224 Pages
Publication Date: 3/3/2020
Category: Memoirs
