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What Would Ma Say? A Dublin Memoir edition by Kathleen Doyle Literature Fiction eBooks

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“Ma came from inner city Dublin, an ordinary woman with very little education behind her. But maybe not so ordinary in the way she learned how to survive and handle life.”

Kathleen Doyle never had a childhood. She was always “the big sister”, the one her siblings turned to when her mother was working and her father drinking. Born into a tenement flat in Dublin before moving to Crumlin, Kathleen grew up in the 1950s and 1960s in an Ireland we wouldn’t recognise today. Her mother was the backbone, the one who kept them together as a family, stopped them sinking into poverty.

But through it all, Kathleen and her eleven brothers and sisters had a laugh – turning their kitchen into a swimming pool on a hot summer’s day, or trying to hide a stolen pig’s carcass in the bath, or eating chocolate from the dump until they all got the runs . . . Kathleen’s big dream was to some day sink into a hot bath filled with bubble bath. And then Kathleen grew up, met and married Alan, and their honeymoon was a time she’ll never forget . . .

What Would Ma Say? A Dublin Memoir edition by Kathleen Doyle Literature Fiction eBooks

Maybe it's being Irish and the fact that I grew up and was educated in Dublin. I think that this is an absolute fantastic book -very well written.Even though the family is in dire straits they never lose their wit or their sense of humour as they battle through their daily fight for survival. Exactly the way us Irish are. I laughed my head off reading this book and have bought this book as a gift for a few friends of mine. This book excited me very much. This is a book I will read and read again and never tire of. For me it is a must.

Terry

Product details File Size 2012 KB Print Length 329 pages Publisher Poolbeg Press; 1 edition (July 30, 2012) Publication Date July 30, 2012 Sold by  Digital Services LLC Language English ASIN B008YZHQV4

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What Would Ma Say? A Dublin Memoir edition by Kathleen Doyle Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews

Subtitled a Dublin Memoir. My friend Edna who lent it to me thought that someone would have to be from Dublin to fully appreciate this book, and she may be right. I found it not funny but disturbing. Yes, there were some hilarious scenes, but I was terrified by the underlying anxiety of it. Aptly titled, "What would Ma say?" because the truth is her mother would NOT have found it funny. Perhaps I have just enough Irish cultural background to understand that.
Then there's the pain of alcoholism. P.262, on her wedding day "It's never too late to change." "And tha' wha' I'll be doin'." Off he went, believing to the very depth of his soul that he meant what he said, but I knew he didn't."
More thoughts while reading
*The disaster of her fairy tale wedding perhaps it was funny and I'm glad she could think so, but I heard my mother's disappointment with her own fairy tale dreams.
*I really disliked the hint of violence, which was only explicit once p.273 "He had his two fists clenched.He never hit Ma; she did enough of that for the two of them."
*There was the fierce desire to look good, to put on a good front. This is a useful mechanism to maintain a sense of dignity, but it can also be a mechanism for lying to oneself.
*Her judgement on her mother's lack of affection p.284 "She let herself get so hard over the years."
*She did try to get at that very Irish conflict between rebellion and obedience, both honored p.300 "I wasn't sure if she would have proud of me for standing up for myself or boxed the head off me for answering back."
I'm not sure either.
Not as good as I expected
been irish and from dublin this story hit the mark, i'v talked alot about it and more people should be ordering from you, the service was great too.
Maybe it's being Irish and the fact that I grew up and was educated in Dublin. I think that this is an absolute fantastic book -very well written.Even though the family is in dire straits they never lose their wit or their sense of humour as they battle through their daily fight for survival. Exactly the way us Irish are. I laughed my head off reading this book and have bought this book as a gift for a few friends of mine. This book excited me very much. This is a book I will read and read again and never tire of. For me it is a must.

Terry