Dreams of Hope

Lily O’Connor

– The remarkable memoir of an Irish woman’s life, from the tenements of Dublin to Luton and Australia –

“A sequel to her successful first book, Can Lily O’Shea Come Out to Play?, this memoir is a personal account of the emigrant lives of one Irish couple amongst the hundreds upon thousands forced to emigrate in the 1950s.

The book centres on Lily O’Connor’s married life with Paddy in Dublin, Luton and Australia, and at its heart is the story of a man who always wanted too much and a woman whose resilience saw her coping courageously, often on her own, with a large family and difficult circumstances. This is a tale of one woman’s life in three countries with a man torn between the contentment of family life and the pursuit of ambition and adventure as a single man.

Despite the hard life it evokes with the impact and immediacy of Frank McCourt, Dreams of Hope tells the funny, upbeat story of a feisty, indomitable woman and is full of memorable incident.”


Kenmerken

ISBN

9780863223587

Uitgever

Brandon

Uitgave

2006

Oorspronkelijk

2006

Talen Engels
Landen Australië, Ierland,

Beschrijving

paperback, 281 blz, in goede staat

7.95

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