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Memories of Ireland: A Life Once Lived, and Hard
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Tom Gallagher is one of ten children, most born at home on the family farm. Life is challenging. Many families struggle to keep a roof over their heads and food on the table. Although barely into his teens, Gallagher already does the work of a man. His father works in England most of the year, returning in the springtime to cut the year's supply of fuel and plant the crops. When his father stops coming, brother Eamon becomes man of the house. When Eamon bails out to England, Tom assumes responsibility for completing the heavy tasks of farming with little mechanization - and impossible without the help of his mother and sisters. In this engaging memoir about growing up in hard times, Gallagher weaves the story of his own hardscrabble childhood through the larget cultural contexts of the time, crafting a fascinating look at one young boy's life and the world in which he lived. Absent of sentimentalism and rich in humor, this narrative is characteristic of Irish storytelling at its best.

Author Biography:

Tom Gallagher was born into a large family and raised on a small farm in the West of Ireland. Like many of his generation, and generations before, he followed the well-worn path of emigration, coming to the United States in 1965, at the age of 18. Working days and attending school at night, he graduated from high school in New York and college/university in California. Now retired, he enjoyed a successful career in banking and financial services.
Release date NZ
February 17th, 2016
Author
Pages
348
Audience
  • General (US: Trade)
Publisher
Thegallagherplace
Imprint
Thegallagherplace
Dimensions
152x229x24
ISBN-13
9780692640357
Product ID
24863860

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