Did Ye Hear Mammy Died? - A Memoir

"Sâeamas O'Reilly's mother died when he was five, leaving him, his ten (!) brothers and sisters, and their beloved father in their sprawling bungalow in rural Derry. It was the 1990s: the Troubles were a background rumble, but Sâeamas was more preoccupied with dinosaurs, Star Wars, and the actual location of heaven than the political climate. An instant bestseller in Ireland, Did Ye Hear Mammy Died? is a book about a family of loud, argumentative, musical, sarcastic, grief-stricken siblings, shepherded into adulthood by a man whose foibles and reticence were matched only by his love for his children and his determination that they would flourish"--Dust jacket flap.

About the author

Seamas O'Reilly is a columnist for the Observer and writes about media and politics for the Irish Times, New Statesman, Guts, and VICE. He lives in the London borough of Hackney with his family.

Product details

• Authors: Seamas O'Reilly, Séamas O'Reilly
• Publisher: Little Brown USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 31.03.2021, delayed
• EAN: 9780316424257
• ISBN: 978-0-316-42425-7
• No. of pages: 304
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs, Biography / Autobiography