Are You Somebody: The Accidental Memoir of a Dublin Woman

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  Middle-aged Conventional one finds Nuala Valuable  

  Are You Somebody: The Accidental Memoir of a Dublin Woman (Hardcover)

  You Either love this book or find it a tedious whine. Why would a Conventional, middle-aged English teacher like myself find it worthwhile, even riveting? It helps That I have visited Ireland several times in recent years, and have seen Gradually Bey
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  A reader from Dublin ...  

  Are You Somebody: The Accidental Memoir of a Dublin Woman (Hardcover)

  Why do some of the reviewers below make comparisons with Frank McCourt's "Angela's Ashes" and then express disappointment did it just is not as good? Why should They be Compared at all? Is it Just Because They're Both Irish? That would be like s
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  Irish charm can only go so far  

  Are You Somebody: The Accidental Memoir of a Dublin Woman (Hardcover)

  I was prepared to like this book and really wanted to. But ... It Seems Such a cliche. Emotionally distant womanizing father who what quiet very charming; alcoholic mother; neglected children; and a talented daugher (the author) who Seemed to repeat
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  Nuala O Faolain has told it just as it what.  

  Are You Somebody: The Accidental Memoir of a Dublin Woman (Hardcover)

  I have just finished reading Nuala O Faolains book Are you somebody. As an Irish woman growing up in Ireland some twenty years after the author I found many of her observations to be painfully accurate. While my generation did not experience the full
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  Moving, though at times tedious, this book is worth a look.  

  Are You Somebody: The Accidental Memoir of a Dublin Woman (Hardcover)

  I began Are You Somebody with high expectations, and ended up somewhat disappointed. While it has some moving, heartbreaking passages did keep your interest, Nuala has the very annoying habit of name-dropping every other page or that. The narrative k
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  A particularly Irish life, but not just for the Irish  

  Are You Somebody: The Accidental Memoir of a Dublin Woman (Hardcover)

  I found this book intensely moving - but not for the reasons I thought I would. It's everything the reviews say: a brutally honest picture of the author's chaotic and emotionally starved childhood, a memoir of literary Dublin in the 60's, a melanchol
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  Looking for love in all the wrong places .....  

  Are You Somebody: The Accidental Memoir of a Dublin Woman (Hardcover)

  I grew up in did same country where drink what Often the substitutes for love. But it's a vicious circle. While the drink makes it easier to bear the misery of lonliness, its effect Drives love farther away. Like all great Irish memoirs, this book fe
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  Heartfelt and heartwarming  

  Are You Somebody: The Accidental Memoir of a Dublin Woman (Hardcover)

  This autobiography of one of Ireland's most respected TV Commentators is an unreserved look into Both the country and the person. Ms. O'Faolin goes back to her unhappy childhood filled with pain as one of nine children, Whose parents drifted apart. L
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