The Troubles with Us by Alix O’neill

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The Troubles with Us by Alix O’neill

Derry Girls meets David Sedaris Elske Rahill The writing is full of energy and originality Irish Times

‘We cannot recommend that you read this memoir enough – short of stopping people in the street and pressing it into their hands, we really urge you just to order it online right nowRight this moment’ STYLIST

‘O’Neill has produced a literary equivalent of Derry Girls’ Charlie Connelly, The New European

‘A charming book, by turns caustic and funny, innocent and canny’ The Mail on Sunday

‘The writing is full of energy and originality. One can only imagine what good company O’Neill is in person . . . this book is genuine and funny with insights into Northern Ireland’s evolution through the 1980s and 1990s into something like peace’ Sinéad O’Shea, Irish Times

‘It was a joy to spend time in O’Neill’s world, and the irresistible sense of fun she sparked could have led me on to read many more stories about her family life . . . equal parts hilarious, moving and compelling’ Emer O'Hanlon, Irish Independent

Derry Girls meets David Sedaris – a sound dose of social history served with all the lightness and humour of an after-work cocktail’ Elske Rahill, author of An Unravelling

‘This is a brassy, ballsy, belter of a book – full of the real grit of what it means to come from Northern Ireland . . . From sexy toy petrol stations to mortifying period chats with yer swearing ma – from Gerry Adams on the telly to naming your goats in an attempt at bridging the political divide – from burning a placenta the weekend of the twelfth to portakabin penance with Tamagotchis: this book will turn your views on the Troubles upside down. O'Neill writes the North like no one else I have encountered; with wit, humour and pure affection’ Kerri ní Dochartaigh, author of Thin Places

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ISBN 13 9780008393748
ISBN 10 0008393745
Title The Troubles with Us
Author Alix O’neill
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
Year published 2022-06-09
Number of pages 304
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.